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Desert Biome
David Ward
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Desert Biome Introduction Deserts are defined by their arid conditions. However, deserts are not necessarily dry. It is the high evaporation r...
Dispersal
Ran Nathan, David Shohami
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Dispersal Introduction Dispersal refers to movements of individuals or propagules that have potential consequences for gene flow within and b...
Endophytes, Fungal
Gregory P. Cheplick
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Fungal Endophytes Introduction Symbiotic interactions between diverse species are widespread in nature. Endophytes are microbes, such as fungi...
Energy Flow
William S. Currie
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Energy Flow Introduction Energy flow in ecology encompasses a broad range of empirical and theoretical topics. It is difficult to draw a disti...
Facilitation and the Organization of Communities
Christopher J. Lortie
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Facilitation and the Organization of Communities Introduction Species interactions are a cornerstone of ecological research wherein the effect...
Fire Ecology
John Parminter
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Fire Ecology Introduction Abiotic natural disturbance agents include wildfire, wind, landslides, snow avalanches, volcanoes, flooding, and ot...
Foraging, Optimal
David W. Stephens
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Optimal Foraging Introduction All organisms face problems of resource acquisition, and in the broadest sense foraging theory is an attempt to ...
Forests, Temperate Deciduous
Frank S. Gilliam
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Temperate Deciduous Forests Introduction Given the global distribution of human populations and their coincidence with temperate deciduous for...
Introductory Sources
Paul A. Keddy
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Introductory Sources Introduction The word “ecology” comes from the Greek word oikos, meaning “house,” and refers to the study of the living s...
Kin Selection
Andrew F. G. Bourke
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Kin Selection Introduction According to Hamilton’s kin selection theory (also known as “inclusive fitness” theory), kin selection is the proc...
Landscape Ecology
Martin Hermy
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Landscape Ecology Introduction Landscape ecology is well integrated into the discipline of ecology and focuses on the reciprocal interactions betw...
Laws, Ecological
Mark Colyvan, Lev R. Ginzburg
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Ecological Laws Introduction The question of whether there are laws in ecology is important for a number of reasons. If, as some have suggest...
Limnology
Neil Rooney
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Limnology Introduction Limnology is the study of the physical, chemical, and biological aspects of lakes and other bodies of fresh water. It h...
Mathematical Ecology
Kevin S. McCann
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Mathematical Ecology Introduction Most people do not think of mathematics when they think of ecology. Nonetheless, mathematical ecology has a ...
Metacommunity Dynamics
Florian Altermatt
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Metacommunity Dynamics Introduction Understanding the distribution of species, their abundance, and their interactions with other species is ...
Metapopulations and Spatial Population Processes
Ilkka Hanski
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Metapopulations and Spatial Population Processes Introduction Many habitats have a fragmented spatial distribution at the landscape level, suc...
Mimicry
David W. Kikuchi, David W. Pfennig
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Mimicry Introduction Among nature’s most exquisite adaptations are examples in which natural selection has favored a species (the mimic) to re...
Mutualisms and Symbioses
Judith Bronstein
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Mutualisms and Symbioses Introduction Mutualisms, interactions between two species that benefit both of them, have long captured the public im...
Mycorrhizal Ecology
Baoming Ji, James D. Bever
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Mycorrhizal Ecology Introduction Mycorrhizae are ubiquitous in terrestrial ecosystems. With an increasing awareness that this symbiotic asso...
Natural History Tradition, The
Michael P. Branch, Johanna R. Landis, William V. Lombardi, Sarah Nolan, Andrew B. Ross
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
The Natural History Tradition Introduction The natural history tradition emerged from ancient philosophy and over time became more scientifica...
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