Ecological and evolutionary dynamics can occur on similar timescales,,,,,,. However,
theoretical predictions of how rapid evolution can affect ecological dynamics are …

We suggest that the conscious use of information that is “hidden” in distinct structures in
nature itself and in data extracted from nature (= pattern) during the process of modeling …

It is impossible to predict the exact behavior of all biological systems and how these same
systems are exemplified by patterns of complexity and regularity. Decades of research in …

Population cycles have been remarkably resistant to explanation, in part because crucial
experiments are rarely possible on appropriate spatial and temporal scales. Here we show …

Experimental studies have shown that parasites can reduce host density and even drive
host population to extinction. Conventional mathematical models for parasite-host …

In experimental population ecology, there is often a gap between realistic models used to
hypothesize about population dynamics and statistical models used to analyze data …

1. Survival of newly emerged jack pine budworm Choristoneura pinus pinus is related to the
density of available pollen cones (microsporangiate strobili) produced by its host tree, jack …

For the majority of species, per capita growth rate correlates negatively with population
density. Although the popular logistic equation for the growth of a single species …

Overwintering mortality of forest tent caterpillar [Malacosoma disstria (Hübner)] eggs was
estimated over a 360 km2 grid of 83 plots in north-central Alberta over the period 1992 …

However, for about 15 years now computers have been so powerful that a new kind of
simulation model caught on in ecology, which may be dubbed “bottom-up simulation …