The metacommunity concept incorporates spatial dynamics into community ecology,
shedding light on how local and regional processes interact in structuring ecological …

Why sexual reproduction predominates in nature remains a mystery. The mystery stems in
part from the fact that many of the plausible hypotheses for sex have restrictive assumptions …

Biodiversity of local communities has been found to generally decrease with elevation.
However, the elevational patterns of intraspecific genetic diversity remain unclear, especially …

With the retreat of glaciers, new ponds and lakes are often formed. These are gradually
colonised and become more productive as vegetation develops in their catchments, creating …

The microcrustacean Daphnia is arguably one of the most studied zooplankton species,
having a well understood ecology, life history, and a relatively well studied evolutionary …

Asexual lineages often exhibit broad distributions and can thrive in extreme habitats
compared to their sexual counterparts. Several hypotheses can be proposed to explain this …

Mountain glaciers are retreating rapidly due to climate change, leading to the formation of
downstream lakes. However, little is known about the physical and biogeochemical …

Retreating glaciers and ice sheets are among the clearest signs of global climate change.
One consequence of glacier retreat is the formation of new meltwater-lakes in previously ice …

Founder effects introduce stochasticity in the genetic structure of species at the regional
scale. To the extent that founder effects are important, they will result in a reduced signature …

While plants are famously known to use their dormant forms for both temporal and spatial
dispersal, animals are generally recognized to use them mostly for periodic survival in …