▪ 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 …

We review the concepts and research associated with measuring fear and its consequences
for foraging. When foraging, animals should and do demand hazardous duty pay. They …

Why do species live where they live? What determines the abundance and diversity of
species in a given area? What role do species play in the functioning of entire ecosystems …

Mammalian predator-prey systems are behaviorally sophisticated games of stealth and fear.
But, traditional mass-action models of predator prey dynamics treat individuals as …

Understanding long‐term coexistence of numerous competing species is a longstanding
challenge in ecology. Progress requires determining which processes and species …

The global decline in biodiversity as a result of urbanization remains poorly understood.
Whereas habitat destruction accounts for losses at the species level, it may not explain …

My objective here is to provide a comprehensive review of recent empirical and theoretical
work on antipredator decision making. The ways in which predators influence the behavioral …

To balance conflicting demands for food and safety from predation, feeding animals have
two useful tools. First, they can vary the amount of time they devote to harvesting patches …

Arid environments are characterized by limited and variable rainfall that supplies resources
in pulses. Resource pulsing is a special form of environmental variation, and the general …

The analysis of the phylogenetic structure of communities can help reveal contemporary
ecological interactions, as well as link community ecology with biogeography and the study …