In population ecology, there has been a fundamental controversy about the relative importance of competition-driven (density-dependent) population regulation vs. abiotic influences such as temperature and precipitation. The same issue arises at the community level; are population sizes driven primarily by changes in the abundances of cooccurring competitors (i.e., compensatory dynamics), or do most species have a common response to environmental factors? Competitive interactions have had a central place in ecological theory, dating back to Gleason, Volterra, Hutchison and MacArthur, and, more recently, Hubbell\u27s influential unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography. If competitive interactions are important in driving year-...
BACKGROUND:Recent studies suggest that environmental changes may tip the balance between interacting...
Understanding the effects of population management on the community a target species belongs to is o...
Density dependence represents a causal relationship between the size of a population and at least on...
In population ecology, there has been a fundamental controversy about the relative importance of com...
Competition is assumed to generate compensatory dynamics where an increase in one species is compens...
Harsh conditions (e.g., mortality and stress) reduce population growth rates directly; secondarily, ...
The life-history parameters of most living organisms are modified by fluctuations in environmental c...
reviewed trends in population covariances within commu-nities across a range of long-term empirical ...
Understanding the relationships between environmental fluctuations, population dynamics and species ...
Investigating the mechanisms by which species persist within complex ecological communities and in v...
Ecological theory suggests that coexistence of many species within communities requires negative fre...
The outcome of species interactions in a variable environment is expected to depend on how similarly...
Recent studies have highlighted the importance of higher‐order competitive interactions in stabilizi...
Models of interspecific competition in a stochastic environment show that the effects of environment...
Negative species co-occurrence patterns have long intrigued ecologists because of their potential li...
BACKGROUND:Recent studies suggest that environmental changes may tip the balance between interacting...
Understanding the effects of population management on the community a target species belongs to is o...
Density dependence represents a causal relationship between the size of a population and at least on...
In population ecology, there has been a fundamental controversy about the relative importance of com...
Competition is assumed to generate compensatory dynamics where an increase in one species is compens...
Harsh conditions (e.g., mortality and stress) reduce population growth rates directly; secondarily, ...
The life-history parameters of most living organisms are modified by fluctuations in environmental c...
reviewed trends in population covariances within commu-nities across a range of long-term empirical ...
Understanding the relationships between environmental fluctuations, population dynamics and species ...
Investigating the mechanisms by which species persist within complex ecological communities and in v...
Ecological theory suggests that coexistence of many species within communities requires negative fre...
The outcome of species interactions in a variable environment is expected to depend on how similarly...
Recent studies have highlighted the importance of higher‐order competitive interactions in stabilizi...
Models of interspecific competition in a stochastic environment show that the effects of environment...
Negative species co-occurrence patterns have long intrigued ecologists because of their potential li...
BACKGROUND:Recent studies suggest that environmental changes may tip the balance between interacting...
Understanding the effects of population management on the community a target species belongs to is o...
Density dependence represents a causal relationship between the size of a population and at least on...