Ecological variables often fluctuate synchronously over wide geographical areas, a
phenomenon known as spatial autocorrelation or spatial synchrony. Development of …

During the past two decades population cycles in voles, grouse and insects have been
fading out in Europe. Here, we discuss the cause and implication of these changes. Several …

Population cycles that persist in time and are synchronized over space pervade ecological
systems, but their underlying causes remain a long-standing enigma,,,,,,,,,,. Here we …

A major challenge in understanding the response of populations to climate change is to
separate the effects of local drivers acting independently on specific populations, from the …

Nonlinear dynamics and chaotic and complex systems constitute some of the most
fascinating developments of late twentieth century mathematics and physics. The …

Can physics be an appropriate framework for the understanding of ecological science? Most
ecologists would probably agree that there is little relation between the complexity of natural …

Although the spatial dimension of ecosystem dynamics is now widely recognized, the
specific mechanisms behind species patterning in space are still poorly understood and the …

Snowshoe hares can have three or four litters over a summer, with five leverets on average
in each litter. All hares begin to breed in spring when they are 1 year old, so age at sexual …

Cephalopods are a relatively small class of molluscs (~ 800 species), but they support some
large industrial scale fisheries and numerous small-scale, local, artisanal fisheries. For …

I review the regular multiannual population fluctuations in voles and lemmings of northern
latitudes. Periodically fluctuating small rodent populations all exhibit a clear two-dimensional …