Based on principles of the conservation and optimization of biodiversity and of equity and
sustainability, this book focuses on the ecology of the coffee agroecosystem as a model for a …

In a simple cellular automata model it is shown that self-organization of spatial pattern in a
community of strong competitors may generate a previously unrecognized mechanism of …

Spatial patterns in ecology can be described as reflective of environmental heterogeneity
(exogenous), or emergent from dynamic relationships between interacting species …

Relationships between invasive plants and other species in their introduced ranges may
facilitate or hinder the process of invasion. Fallopia japonica (Japanese knotweed), Fallopia …

Competition has been recognized as a major organizing process in ant communities, with
ant communities frequently forming spatial mosaics of dominant species associated with …

Urban vegetable gardens serve as sources of social, economic, and biodiversity
conservation opportunities. Determining how gardens can be developed to enhance …

Grasslands are globally imperilled ecosystems due to widespread conversion to agriculture
and there is a concerted effort to catalogue arthropod diversity in grasslands to guide …

We report on the distribution, behaviour, interspecific competition and temporal persistence
over 4 years of arboreal ants in a mangrove forest within which patches of habitat ranged …

Heterogeneity is a ubiquitous feature of ecosystems and perhaps an important contributing
factor to the oft noted difficulties associated with making generalizations in community …

In agroecosystems, the question of population regulation is of particular interest for
practitioners of agriculture when considering pests and pathogens. Understanding the …