The objective of our paper is to develop a mechanistic conceptual framework for how food
webs recover from natural physical disturbances. We summarize our work on the effect of …

Most prominent theories of food web dynamics imply the simultaneous action of bottom–up
and top–down forces. However, transient bottom‐up effects resulting from resource pulses …

Although ecologists have long understood the fundamentally dynamic nature of
communities, ecology has until recently seemed to emphasize other aspects of ecological …

Pulsed resource subsidies can have profound effects on recipient communities. The effects
of resource pulses are often mediated by increases in the density of consumer populations …

Trophic morphology affects resource acquisition; therefore, species differences in such traits
may be informative for inferring resource use overlap and potential species interactions. In …

Worldwide, ecological subsidies enhance ecosystem productivity and therefore trophic
support for greater biodiversity of taxa. While studies in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems …

Marine‐derived resource subsidies can generate intrapopulation variation in the behaviors
and diets of terrestrial consumers. How omnivores respond, given their multiple trophic …

When non-native primary producers become successful, the structure and function of native
detrital food webs can be fundamentally altered. Salt marsh estuaries of the southeastern …

Sulfur stable isotopes are increasingly being used as tracers of material processing in
studies of both modern and historical food webs. Preparation of plant and animal material for …

Increases in consumer abundance following a resource pulse can be driven by diet shifts,
aggregation, and reproductive responses, with combined responses expected to result in …