There is growing recognition that linking patterns to their underlying processes in
interconnected and dynamic ecological systems requires data sampled at multiple spatial …

Spatially synchronized fluctuations in system state are common in physical and biological
systems ranging from individual atoms to species as diverse as viruses, insects and …

Synchrony has fundamental but conflicting implications for the persistence and stability of
food webs at local and regional scales. In a constant environment, compensatory dynamics …

Studies of spatial population synchrony constitute a central approach for understanding the
drivers of ecological dynamics. Recently, identifying the ecological impacts of climate …

Identifying the mechanisms controlling the temporal dynamics of ecological communities is
key to understand their vulnerability to natural and anthropogenic impacts and to identify …

Interannual variation of 45 annually resolved time series of environmental, limnological, and
biotic parameters was quantified (1994–2009) in six lakes within 52 000 km2 to test the …

Variability on external conditions has important consequences for the dynamics and the
organization of biological systems. In many cases, the characteristic timescale of …

Egg recruitment quantifies the relative importance of realized fecundity and migration rates
in the population dynamics of highly mobile insects. We develop here a formal context upon …

Human activity is leading to changes in the mean and variability of climatic parameters in
most locations around the world. The changing mean has received considerable attention …

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 163–168 Abstract Spatially separated populations of many
species fluctuate synchronously. Synchrony typically decays with increasing interpopulation …