This lecture introduces a new general theory of ecological communinities.
This lecture introduces a new theory of ecological communities, consisting of four overarching processes (drift, dispersal, selection, and speciation) that emulate the four main processes in population genetics. I provide a detailed description of these processes, along with five second-order processes that underpin selection.
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