revealing species interactions and community structure, and understanding the dynamics of energy transfer in an ecosystem. Food web is an important ecological concept. Basically, food web ...

Leopold; [email protected] forest and freshwater wetland ecology, conservation, and restoration, peatland ecology and conservation, local and regional controls of species richness and rarity, dynamics ...

We often study spatial and temporal dynamics ... community ecology, stable isotope ecology, and conservation biology. We work on a variety of taxa but have a particular fondness for insects. Settings ...

A theoretical perspective to the study of community and ecosystem ecology examining the role of interactions between two or more species and their environment. Topics covered include techniques of ...

CalCOFI is a long-term, interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral ecosystem research program off the coast of ... and behavioral science. The Human Ecology Laboratory groups together students and researchers ...

Gradually, these communities replace one another until a “climax community”—like a mature forest—is ... communities—is important for scientists who want to understand ecosystem dynamics and ...

How do habitat loss and fragmentation affect species and ecosystems? Spatial ecology ... with research efforts in population and community ecology, to create the recognized area of study called ...

Using functional diversity patterns to explore metacommunity dynamics: a framework for understanding local and regional influences on community structure ... hybrid and novel ecosystems. Frontiers in ...