Effects of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity

L Fahrig - Annual review of ecology, evolution, and systematics, 2003‏ - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The literature on effects of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity is huge. It is also
very diverse, with different authors measuring fragmentation in different ways and, as a …

Mechanisms of maintenance of species diversity

P Chesson - Annual review of Ecology and Systematics, 2000‏ - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The focus of most ideas on diversity maintenance is species coexistence, which
may be stable or unstable. Stable coexistence can be quantified by the long-term rates at …

Social-ecological systems as complex adaptive systems: modeling and policy implications

S Levin, T Xepapadeas, AS Crépin… - Environment and …, 2013‏ - cambridge.org
Systems linking people and nature, known as social-ecological systems, are increasingly
understood as complex adaptive systems. Essential features of these complex adaptive …

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 …

The problem of pattern and scale in ecology: the Robert H. MacArthur award lecture

SA Levin - Ecology, 1992‏ - Wiley Online Library
It is argued that the problem of pattern and scale is the central problem in ecology, unifying
population biology and ecosystems science, and marrying basic and applied ecology …

The metacommunity concept: a framework for multi‐scale community ecology

MA Leibold, M Holyoak, N Mouquet… - Ecology …, 2004‏ - Wiley Online Library
The metacommunity concept is an important way to think about linkages between different
spatial scales in ecology. Here we review current understanding about this concept. We first …

[ספר][B] Metapopulation ecology

I Hanski - 1999‏ - books.google.com
Metapopulation is the ecological term for assemblages of plant and animal species within
larger areas of space, with long-term survival of the species depending on a shifting balance …

[PDF][PDF] Evolution and ecology of species range limits

JP Sexton, PJ McIntyre, AL Angert, KJ Rice - Annual Review of Ecology …, 2009‏ - icts.res.in
Species range limits involve many aspects of evolution and ecology, from species
distribution and abundance to the evolution of niches. Theory suggests myriad processes by …

Competition and biodiversity in spatially structured habitats

D Tilman - Ecology, 1994‏ - Wiley Online Library
All organisms, especially terrestrial plants and other sessile species, interact mainly with
their neighbors, but neighborhoods can differ in composition because of dispersal and …

A general hypothesis of species diversity

M Huston - The American Naturalist, 1979‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
A new hypothesis, based on differences in the rates at which populations of competing
species approach competitive equilibrium (reduction or exclusion of some species), is …