Community ecology is often perceived as a mess, given the seemingly vast number of
processes that can underlie the many patterns of interest, and the apparent uniqueness of …

▪ 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 …

Occupancy Estimation and Modeling: Inferring Patterns and Dynamics of Species
Occurrence, Second Edition, provides a synthesis of model-based approaches for analyzing …

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 …

FOREST STAND DYNAMICS Page 1 FOREST STAND DYNAMICS UPDATE EDITION Chadwick
D. Oliver Professor of Silviculture College of Forest Resources University of Washington Bruce …

Two features characterize all natural communities. First, they are dynamic systems. The
densities and age-structures of populations change with time, as do the relative abundances …

Island biogeography is the study of the distribution and dynamics of species in island
environments. Due to their isolation from more widespread continental species, islands are …

The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and Patch Dynamics brings together the findings and
ideas of researchers studying such varied systems as marine invertebrate communities; …

Current disturbance models do not adequately account for the wide range of responses by
grassland plant communities to grazing by large generalist herbivores. The evolutionary …

Food webs in nature have multiple, reticulate connections between a diversity of consumers
and resources. Such complexity affects web dynamics: it first spreads the direct effects of …