▪ Abstract Population and community ecology need a large-scale perspective because local
patterns (of biodiversity) and processes (trophic interactions) are influenced by the regional …

It is commonly accepted that vegetation patterns and water supply mutually define each
other. In mangroves, soil water salinity and the corresponding osmotic potential are the main …

The essential textbook on agent-based modeling—now fully updated and expanded Agent-
Based and Individual-Based Modeling has become the standard textbook on the subject for …

Every form of behaviour is shaped by trial and error. Such stepwise adaptation can occur
through individual learning or through natural selection, the basis of evolution. Since the …

Individual-based models are an exciting and widely used new tool for ecology. These
computational models allow scientists to explore the mechanisms through which population …

Evolutionary processes generating biodiversity and ecological mechanisms maintaining
biodiversity seem to be diverse themselves. Conventional explanations of biodiversity such …

Although the spatial dimension of ecosystem dynamics is now widely recognized, the
specific mechanisms behind species patterning in space are still poorly understood and the …

Mathematical modelling is an essential tool in present-day ecological research. Yet for many
ecologists it is still problematic to apply modelling in their research. In our experience, the …

This paper presents a new approach to spatially explicit modelling that enables the
influence of neighbourhood effects on the dynamics of forests and plant communities to be …

Robustness of coexistence against changes of parameters is investigated in a model-
independent manner by analyzing the feedback loop of population regulation. We define …