It is not simple to predict how environmental changes may impact tropical forest species diversity. Published hypotheses are almost invariably too incomplete, too poorly specified and too dependent upon unrealistic assumptions to be useful. Ecologists have sought theoretical simplicity, and while this has provided many elegant abstract concepts, it has hindered the attainment of more practical goals. The problem is not how to judge the individual hypotheses and arguments, but rather how to build upon and combine the many hard-won facts and principles into an integrated science. Controversy is inevitable when the assumptions, definitions and applications of a given hypothesis are unclear. Elegance, as an end in itself, has too often been use...
International audienceDisturbances control rainforest dynamics, and, according to the intermediate d...
Global environmental changes may be altering the ecology of tropical forests. Long-term monitoring p...
Disturbances are widespread and may affect community assembly, species composition, (functional) div...
It is not simple to predict how environmental changes may impact tropical forest species diversity. ...
The relationship between succession and tropical forest diversity has been much debated. A fundament...
The intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH) predicts local species diversity to be maximal at an i...
The future of tropical forest biodiversity depends more than ever on the effective management of hum...
The intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH) predicts local species diversity to be maximal at an i...
Recent debate about the fate of tropical forests has focused attention on the consequences of forest...
Human activities modify the disturbance regimes of tropical forests. Since tropical forests host hig...
The intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH) is a controversial explanation for the maintenance of ...
International audienceIn the current global change context, it is urgent to anticipate the fate of t...
There is a considerable body of ecological information relevant to the management of tropical forest...
W.J. Eggeling established several 1.86 ha permanent sample plots (PSPs) in Budongo Forest, Uganda, d...
The "intermediate disturbance hypothesis," which postulates maximum diversity at intermediate regime...
International audienceDisturbances control rainforest dynamics, and, according to the intermediate d...
Global environmental changes may be altering the ecology of tropical forests. Long-term monitoring p...
Disturbances are widespread and may affect community assembly, species composition, (functional) div...
It is not simple to predict how environmental changes may impact tropical forest species diversity. ...
The relationship between succession and tropical forest diversity has been much debated. A fundament...
The intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH) predicts local species diversity to be maximal at an i...
The future of tropical forest biodiversity depends more than ever on the effective management of hum...
The intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH) predicts local species diversity to be maximal at an i...
Recent debate about the fate of tropical forests has focused attention on the consequences of forest...
Human activities modify the disturbance regimes of tropical forests. Since tropical forests host hig...
The intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH) is a controversial explanation for the maintenance of ...
International audienceIn the current global change context, it is urgent to anticipate the fate of t...
There is a considerable body of ecological information relevant to the management of tropical forest...
W.J. Eggeling established several 1.86 ha permanent sample plots (PSPs) in Budongo Forest, Uganda, d...
The "intermediate disturbance hypothesis," which postulates maximum diversity at intermediate regime...
International audienceDisturbances control rainforest dynamics, and, according to the intermediate d...
Global environmental changes may be altering the ecology of tropical forests. Long-term monitoring p...
Disturbances are widespread and may affect community assembly, species composition, (functional) div...