Microbial communities often exhibit incredible taxonomic diversity, raising questions
regarding the mechanisms enabling species coexistence and the role of this diversity in …

Natural populations consist of phenotypically diverse individuals that exhibit variation in their
demographic parameters and intra-and inter-specific interactions. Recent experimental work …

Understanding the processes that are driving variation of natural microbial communities
across space or time is a major challenge for ecologists. Environmental conditions strongly …

W niniejszej pracy przedstawiono najnowsze oceny liczebności populacji ptaków lęgowych
w Polsce w latach 2008–2012. Oszacowanie liczebności populacji ptaków oparto na …

There is mounting evidence that biodiversity increases the stability of ecosystem processes
in changing environments, but the mechanisms that underlie this effect are still controversial …

The value of big old fat fecund female fish (BOFFFFs) in fostering stock productivity and
stability has long been underappreciated by conventional fisheries science and …

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 …

A decade has now passed since Hubbell published The Unified Neutral Theory of
Biodiversity and Biogeography. Neutral theory highlights the importance of dispersal …

If habitat destruction or overexploitation of populations is severe, species loss can occur
directly and abruptly. Yet the final descent to extinction is often driven by synergistic …

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 …