Individual-based models simulate populations and communities by following individuals and
their properties. They have been used in ecology for more than four decades, with their use …

Abstract Models of landscape change may serve a variety of purposes, from exploring the
interaction of natural processes to evaluating proposed management treatments. These …

Although complexity surrounds us, its inherent uncertainty, ambiguity, and contradiction can
at first make complex systems appear inscrutable. Ecosystems, for instance, are nonlinear …

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

Although ecologists commonly talk about the impacts of nonindigenous species, little formal
attention has been given to defining what we mean by impact, or connecting ecological …

It is a widely held belief that a climax vegetation of closed forest systems covered the
lowlands of Central and Western Europe before humans intervened in prehistoric times to …

The resource-ratio hypothesis assumes that each plant species is a superior competitor for a
particular proportion of the limiting resources and predicts that community composition …

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Community ecology: the study of the patterns and processes involving two or more species-
has developed rapidly in the last two decades, driven by new and more sophisticated …

Abstract [See FA 43, 3424] A book discussing progress made in understanding succession
by using'gap'simulation-computer models that include many levels of organization in their …