Ecological communities are constantly responding to environmental change. Theory and
evidence suggest that the loss or decline of stress-intolerant species can be compensated …

Chaos was proposed in the 1970s as an alternative explanation for apparently noisy
fluctuations in population size. Although readily demonstrated in models, the search for …

Why do organisms become extremely abundant one year and then seem to disappear a few
years later? Why do population outbreaks in particular species happen more or less …

To understand modern principles of sustainable management and the conservation of
wildlife species requires intimate knowledge about demography, animal behavior, and …

Mast‐seeding plants often produce high seed crops the year after a warm spring or summer,
but the warm‐temperature model has inconsistent predictive ability. Here, we show for 26 …

I review the regular multiannual population fluctuations in voles and lemmings of northern
latitudes. Periodically fluctuating small rodent populations all exhibit a clear two-dimensional …

I recorded mast production by oaks (Quercus sp.) at 12 forested sites in western Virginia for
6–12 yr and measured its impact on the abundance of small mammals, understory …

Fluctuating prey populations and their effects on avian predator population dynamics have
been studied particularly at high latitudes, where prey populations, especially microtines …

Simple counts of individuals are commonly used in studies of mammalian populations.
However, such counts are known to routinely underestimate population size. When used …

We compared the effects of habitat quality on dispersal, demography, dynamics, and fitness
of prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) and meadow vole (M. pennsylvanicus) populations by …