Dominant species are the most abundant species in a community, exerting a strong influence over the occurrence and distribution of other species. In contrast, keystone species have effects on ...

Paine, R. T. The Pisaster-Tegula interaction: Prey parches, predator food preferences and intertide community structure. Ecology 60, 950-961 (1969) Paine, R. T. Food web complexity and species ...

Restoration Ecology 21:390-398. Dickens ... a framework for understanding local and regional influences on community structure. Ecography 10: 939-949. Hobbs, RJ, E Higgs, CM Hall and multiple authors ...

A theoretical perspective to the study of community and ecosystem ecology examining the role of interactions ... abiotic and biotic controls of community structure, the effects of disturbance, food ...

The Spatial Foodweb Ecology Group focuses on general patterns in insect community structure across multiple sites in space and time, and on how such patterns translate into function. We are ...