Complexity and stability of ecological networks: a review of the theory

P Landi, HO Minoarivelo, Å Brännström, C Hui… - Population ecology, 2018 - Springer
Our planet is changing at paces never observed before. Species extinction is happening at
faster rates than ever, greatly exceeding the five mass extinctions in the fossil record …

Impacts of invasive species on food webs: a review of empirical data

P David, E Thebault, O Anneville, PF Duyck… - Advances in ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
We review empirical studies on how bioinvasions alter food webs and how a food-web
perspective may change their prediction and management. Predation is found to underlie …

The latitudinal diversity gradient: novel understanding through mechanistic eco-evolutionary models

M Pontarp, L Bunnefeld, JS Cabral, RS Etienne… - Trends in ecology & …, 2019 - cell.com
The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) is one of the most widely studied patterns in ecology,
yet no consensus has been reached about its underlying causes. We argue that the reasons …

Eco‐evolutionary feedbacks—Theoretical models and perspectives

L Govaert, EA Fronhofer, S Lion, C Eizaguirre… - Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Theoretical models pertaining to feedbacks between ecological and evolutionary processes
are prevalent in multiple biological fields. An integrative overview is currently lacking, due to …

Evolution and community assembly across spatial scales

MA Leibold, L Govaert, N Loeuille… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The finding that adaptive evolution can often be substantial enough to alter ecological
dynamics challenges traditional views of community ecology that ignore evolution. Here, we …

Species coexistence in a changing world

F Valladares, CC Bastias, O Godoy, E Granda… - Frontiers in plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The consequences of global change for the maintenance of species diversity will depend on
the sum of each species responses to the environment and on the interactions among them …

The hitchhiker's guide to adaptive dynamics

Å Brännström, J Johansson, N Von Festenberg - Games, 2013 - mdpi.com
Adaptive dynamics is a mathematical framework for studying evolution. It extends
evolutionary game theory to account for more realistic ecological dynamics and it can …

The role of evolution in shaping ecological networks

ST Segar, TM Fayle, DS Srivastava… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2020 - cell.com
The structure of ecological networks reflects the evolutionary history of their biotic
components, and their dynamics are strongly driven by ecoevolutionary processes. Here, we …

A network perspective for community assembly

LC Ponisio, FS Valdovinos, KT Allhoff… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Species interactions are responsible for many key mechanisms that govern the dynamics of
ecological communities. Variation in the way interactions are organized among species …

Trends and management implications of human‐influenced life‐history changes in marine ectotherms

A Audzijonyte, E Fulton, M Haddon… - Fish and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Evidence is accumulating that many marine ectotherms are undergoing rapid changes in
their life‐history characteristics. These changes have been variously attributed to fisheries …