Complex systems science has contributed to our understanding of ecology in important
areas such as food webs, patch dynamics and population fluctuations. This has been …

In this review we argue that theories and methodology arising from the field of complex
systems form a new paradigm for ecology. Patterns and processes resulting from …

When can ecological interactions drive an entire ecosystem into a persistent non-equilibrium
state, where many species populations fluctuate without going to extinction? We show that …

Complexity of system organization involves hierarchy of structure. The hierarchy of structure
emerges from the integration of components. Irrespective of the mode of system description …

Spatially periodic patterns can be observed in a variety of ecosystems. Model studies
revealed that patterned ecosystems may respond in a nonlinear way to environmental …

Creative approaches at the interface of ecology, statistics, mathematics, informatics, and
computational science are essential for improving our understanding of complex ecological …

Many traditional farmers and environmentalists subscribe to the popular idea that the natural
world offers ecosystem services that contribute to the stability, productivity, and sustainability …

Studies of complex systems in other disciplines provide models and analytical strategies for
understanding ecosystems and landscapes. The emphasis is on invariant properties …

Ecological systems are quintessentially complex systems. Understanding and being able to
predict phenomena typical of complex systems is, therefore, critical to progress in ecology …

In the past few years, part of theoretical ecology has focused on the spatiotemporal
dynamics generated by simple ecological models. To a large extent, the results obtained …