Our planet teems with microorganisms that often present a skewed abundance distribution
in a local community, with relatively few dominant species coexisting alongside a high …

How should ecologists and evolutionary biologists analyze nonnormal data that involve
random effects? Nonnormal data such as counts or proportions often defy classical statistical …

Although the effects of variation between individuals within species are traditionally ignored
in studies of species coexistence, the magnitude of intraspecific variation in nature is forcing …

Stochasticity is a core component of ecology, as it underlies key processes that structure and
create variability in nature. Despite its fundamental importance in ecological systems, the …

During the decline to extinction, animal populations may present dynamical phenomena not
exhibited by robust populations,. Some of these phenomena, such as the scaling of …

Assessing the impacts of ongoing climate and anthropogenic-induced change on wildlife
populations requires understanding species distributions and abundances across large …

Environmental changes strongly impact the distribution of species and subsequently the
composition of species assemblages. Although most community ecology studies represent …

Theoretical ecologists have long sought to understand how the persistence of populations
depends on biotic and abiotic factors. Classical work showed that demographic stochasticity …

Many species have undergone dramatic population size declines over the past centuries.
Although stochastic genetic processes during and after such declines are thought to elevate …

Severe losses of insects have taken place over major parts of Europe. This negative trend is
assumed to be largely the result of agricultural intensification. To analyse potential factors …