Synergies among extinction drivers under global change

BW Brook, NS Sodhi, CJA Bradshaw - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2008‏ - cell.com
If habitat destruction or overexploitation of populations is severe, species loss can occur
directly and abruptly. Yet the final descent to extinction is often driven by synergistic …

Bringing the Hutchinsonian niche into the 21st century: ecological and evolutionary perspectives

RD Holt - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009‏ - pnas.org
G. Evelyn Hutchinson more than a half century ago proposed that one could characterize the
ecological niche of a species as an abstract map** of population dynamics onto an …

Hunting cooperation and Allee effects in predators

MT Alves, FM Hilker - Journal of theoretical biology, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Cooperation is a ubiquitous behavior in many biological systems and is well-known for
promoting Allee effects. However, few studies have paid attention to mechanisms inducing …

[كتاب][B] Trophic cascades: predators, prey, and the changing dynamics of nature

J Terborgh, JA Estes - 2013‏ - books.google.com
Trophic cascades—the top-down regulation of ecosystems by predators—are an essential
aspect of ecosystem function and well-being. Trophic cascades are often drastically …

Personality-dependent dispersal: characterization, ontogeny and consequences for spatially structured populations

J Cote, J Clobert, T Brodin… - … Transactions of the …, 2010‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Dispersal is one of the most fundamental components of ecology, and affects processes as
diverse as population growth, metapopulation dynamics, gene flow and adaptation …

[HTML][HTML] Population dynamics with multiple Allee effects induced by fear factors–A mathematical study on prey-predator interactions

SK Sasmal - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2018‏ - Elsevier
In the present, ecologists generally consider the interactions, which are directly related to the
density effects, that species have on each other, like predation, mutualism, refuge, etc …

[كتاب][B] The mathematics behind biological invasions

MA Lewis, SV Petrovskii, JR Potts - 2016‏ - Springer
Biological invasions are increasingly commonplace, driven primarily by the accidental
human transport of exotic species via ship** or trade. The economic impacts can be …

The ecological niche: history and recent controversies

A Pocheville - Handbook of evolutionary thinking in the sciences, 2015‏ - Springer
In this chapter, we first trace the history of the concept of ecological niche and see how its
meanings varied with the search for a theory of ecology. The niche concept has its roots in …

An oligotrophic deep-subsurface community dependent on syntrophy is dominated by sulfur-driven autotrophic denitrifiers

MCY Lau, TL Kieft, O Kuloyo, B Linage-Alvarez… - Proceedings of the …, 2016‏ - pnas.org
Subsurface lithoautotrophic microbial ecosystems (SLiMEs) under oligotrophic conditions
are typically supported by H2. Methanogens and sulfate reducers, and the respective energy …

[كتاب][B] Conservation of wildlife populations: demography, genetics, and management

LS Mills - 2012‏ - books.google.com
Population ecology has matured to a sophisticated science with astonishing potential for
contributing solutions to wildlife conservation and management challenges. And yet, much …