When multiple victim species (eg prey, host) are attacked by one or more shared enemy
species (eg predator, pathogen), the potential exists for apparent competition between victim …

▪ Abstract Salamanders are cryptic and, though largely unrecognized as such, extremely
abundant vertebrates in a variety of primarily forest and grassland environments, where they …

A keystone species is one whose effect is large, and disproportionately large relative to its
abundance nance of thcir eommunities, because they typically providc the major energy …

The diversity of life in headwater streams (intermittent, first and second order) contributes to
the biodiversity of a river system and its riparian network. Small streams differ widely in …

As part of an overall decline in biodiversity, populations of many organisms are declining
and species are being lost at unprecedented rates around the world. This includes many …

The usefulness and generality of the keystone species concept has recently been
questioned. We investigated variation in interaction strength between the original keystone …

A food web graphically represents the paths of nutrients and energy through the living
components of an ecosystem and the context in which individuals exploit their prey and …

Species are conserved because they are rare, endemic, large, attractive, or of economic
importance. In this paper, I suggest that some species should also be conserved because …

SYNOPSIS. Studies of life history evolution, as well as much of life history theory, have
typically focused on “hard” components of life histories; phenotypic characteristics that can …

The application of basic ecological concepts to fields of conservation biology and applied
environmental sciences is a healthy sign, but before these concepts are widely used …