The ecological consequences of winter in freshwater systems are an understudied but
rapidly emerging research area. Here, we argue that winter periods of reduced temperature …

Species exhibit various trade‐offs that can result in stable coexistence of competitors. The
gleaner–opportunist trade‐off to fluctuations in resource abundance is one of the most …

Understanding the origins and maintenance of biodiversity remains one of biology's grand
challenges. From theory and observational evidence, we know that variability in …

A central question in community ecology is the means by which species coexist. Models of
coexistence often assume that species have fixed trait values and consider questions such …

A comprehensive framework for understanding species coexistence Coexistence is the
central concept in community ecology, but an understanding of this concept requires that we …

Recent studies have demonstrated that rapid contemporary evolution can play a significant
role in regulating population dynamics on ecological timescales. Here we identify a …

The ability for microbes to enter dormant states is adaptive under resource fluctuations and
has been linked to the maintenance of diversity. Nevertheless, the mechanism by which …

Over 40 years ago, seminal papers by Armstrong and McGehee and by Levins showed that
temporal fluctuations in resource availability could permit coexistence of two species on a …

Soils are increasingly acknowledged as complex systems, with potential non-linear
behaviors having important implications for ecosystem and Earth system dynamics, but soil …

The human-caused proliferation of cyanobacteria severely impacts consumers in freshwater
ecosystems. Toxicity is often singled out as the sole trait to which consumers can adapt …