We present a conceptual framework that describes how species belonging to a growth form
collectively can be niche constructors (ie modify niches) and affect species diversity in plant …

Species in transformed habitats, frequently labeled as environmental generalists, tend to
show broader niches than species in natural habitats. However, how population niche …

Every species has a range of environmental characteristics within which it can have positive
population growth, thereby circumscribing the species' niche (eg, Hutchinson 1957). Further …

Questions Changes in vegetation structure, including shrub expansion, occur in forest–
tundra ecotones in sub‐arctic regions. However, the community‐level processes driving …

The concept of ecological niche has remained as one of the core ideas in ecological
research for almost a century. Various metrics describing niche overlap, breadth, and …

Aims Patterns of species richness, such as the remarkable biodiversity of tropical regions,
have been documented and studied for centuries. However, their underlying evolutionary …

To understand species abundance distributions effectively, it is essential to consider the
forces which create the overwhelmingly long 'tail'of rare species. Both neutral and niche …

For more than 50 y ecologists have believed that spatial heterogeneity in habitat conditions
promotes species richness by increasing opportunities for niche partitioning. However, a …

Aim We present a mechanistic niche model that integrates the demography of competing
plant species in a metabolic, stochastic framework. In order to explore the model's ability to …

In recent years, biodiversity has become an issue of broad academic interest, and its
assessment and maintenance are now recognized as an important area of ecological …