Metacommunity ecology links smaller-scale processes that have been the provenance of
population and community ecology—such as birth-death processes, species interactions …

The study of altitudinal gradients has made enduring contributions to the theoretical and
empirical bases of modern biology. Unfortunately, the persistence of these systems and the …

The metacommunity framework is a powerful platform for evaluating patterns of species
distribution in geographic or environmental space. Idealized patterns (checkerboard …

Explaining the mechanisms that produce the enormous diversity within and between tropical
tree communities is a pressing challenge for plant community ecologists. Mechanistic …

Projected increases in cyclonic storm intensity under a warming climate will have profound
effects on forests, potentially changing these ecosystems from carbon sinks to sources …

Clouds persistently engulf many tropical mountains at elevations cool enough for clouds to
form, creating isolated areas with frequent fog and mist. Under these isolated conditions …

Checkerboards have emerged as a metaphor to (1) describe mutually exclusive patterns of
co-occurrence for ecologically similar species that are geographically interspersed (ie …

Phosphorus (P) availability in terrestrial ecosystems depends on soil age, climate, parent
material, topographic position, and biota, but the relative importance of these drivers has not …

Humid tropical forests are among the most productive ecosystems globally, yet they often
occur on soils with high phosphorus (P) sorption capacity, lowering P availability to biota …

This study provides a checklist of species distributed at the altitude gradient of Moghan-
Sabalan rangelands in Ardabili province, Northwest Iran. We evaluated the changes in …