P Chesson - Annual review of Ecology and Systematics, 2000 - annualreviews.org
▪ 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 …
The subdiscipline of 'community phylogenetics' is rapidly growing and influencing thinking regarding community assembly. In particular, phylogenetic dispersion of co‐occurring …
In a rapidly changing climate, alpine plants may persist by adapting to new conditions. However, the rate at which the climate is changing might exceed the rate of adaptation …
Maps of species' distributions or habitat suitability are required for many aspects of environmental research, resource management and conservation planning. These include …
Plant Strategies, Vegetation Processes, and Ecosystem Properties, Second Edition, is a thoroughly updated and comprehensive new edition of the very successful Plant Strategies …
The dictionary definition of a law is:" Generalized formulation based on a series of events or processes observed to recur regularly under certain conditions; a widely observable …
Understanding the relationship between species richness and productivity is fundamental to the management and preservation of biodiversity. Yet despite years of study and intense …
M Zobel - Trends in ecology & evolution, 1997 - cell.com
Explanations of the pattern of species have traditionally relied on small-scale, local processes occurring in ecological time. Differences in species richness have associated with …
Ecologists have searched for general principles, or assembly rules, which determine how species combine to form communities. Two major strands of research highlight the …