Despite the importance of consumers in structuring communities, and the widespread
assumption that consumption is strongest at low latitudes, empirical tests for global scale …

We present a quantitative literature review to assess the extent to which field experiments
with plants have addressed questions about patterns of competition over time and space …

The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and Patch Dynamics brings together the findings and
ideas of researchers studying such varied systems as marine invertebrate communities; …

We suggest that relatively few species attributes are of overriding importance to the structure
of benthic marine algal communities and that these are often shared among taxonomically …

Sedimentation is a widespread and increasing process on most rocky coasts. The literature
on its effects is reviewed and support is found for the general conclusion that sedimentation …

Anthropogenic disturbances affect natural populations and assemblages by interacting with
fundamental ecological processes. Field experiments simulating the effects of human …

Until recently, most investigations of marine, macroscopic benthic algae and of the
herbivores that eat them proceeded independently. The algae were studied by phycologists …

A common assumption of ecological theories addressing the causes of spatial dominance
and stability in natural communities is that organisms have trade‐offs between resistance to …

Four transitional life history stages are generally recognized for benthic marine algae. On
the basis of differences in size, we propose two more: young germlings and young juveniles …

We conducted field surveys of rocky intertidal communities at 18 sites distributed between
29 S and 36 S on the coast of central Chile in order to document broad patterns of functional …