Dormancy is a bet-hedging strategy used by a wide range of taxa, including
microorganisms. It refers to an organism's ability to enter a reversible state of low metabolic …

Most research on catch-and-release (C&R) in recreational fishing has been conducted from
a disciplinary angle focusing on the biological sciences and the study of hooking mortality …

Temporal environmental fluctuations, such as seasonality, exert strong controls on
biodiversity. While the effects of seasonality are well known, the predictability of fluctuations …

Stable isotope ratios (typically of carbon and nitrogen) provide one representation of an
organism's trophic niche and are widely used to examine aspects of food web structure. Yet …

Most ecologists are not card-carrying members of either individualistic or interdependent
guilds, but our perception of plant community organization, and the way we conduct …

The relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning has emerged as a major
scientific issue today. As experiments progress, there is a growing need for adequate …

Proposed links between biodiversity and ecosystem processes have generated intense
interest and controversy in recent years. With few exceptions, however, empirical studies …

Plant communities have traditionally been viewed as either a random collection of
individuals or as organismal entities. For most ecologists however, neither perspective …

Ecological communities are constantly responding to environmental change. Theory and
evidence suggest that the loss or decline of stress-intolerant species can be compensated …

Ocean acidification is predicted to impact all areas of the oceans and affect a diversity of
marine organisms. However, the diversity of responses among species prevents clear …