E cologists are often faced with the dilemma of holding only observational data on patterns,
while being hard pressed to say something about the processes that have supposedly …

Mangrove species richness declines dramatically from a maximum in the Indo‐West Pacific
(IWP) to a minimum in the Caribbean and Western Atlantic. Explaining this 'anomalous' …

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

Modern computer-intensive statistical methods play a key role in solving many problems
across a wide range of scientific disciplines. This new edition of the bestselling …

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 first photographs of the Earth to be taken from outer space are said to have had a
profound influence on how humanity perceives its place in the Universe. They provided a …

Species distribution patterns within naturally fragmented habitat have been found to often
exhibit patterns of pronounced nestedness. Highly predictable extinction sequences are …

Nestedness analysis has become increasingly popular in the study of biogeographic
patterns of species occurrence. Nested patterns are those in which the species composition …

We present a broad comparative assessment of nested subsets in species composition
among ecological communities. We assembled presence-absence data from a broad range …

Species-area relationships (SPARs) dictate a sea change in the strategies of biodiversity
conservation. SPARs exist at three ecological scales: Sample-area SPARs (a larger area …