A planetary-scale understanding of the ocean ecosystem, particularly in light of climate
change, is crucial. Here, we review the work of Tara Oceans, an international …

Background Trees are major components of many terrestrial ecosystems and are grown in
managed plantations and orchards to provide a variety of economically important products …

How the coexistence of many species is maintained is a fundamental and unresolved
question in ecology. Coexistence is a puzzle because we lack a mechanistic understanding …

Despite its supreme importance and the threat of its global crash, biodiversity remains poorly
understood both empirically and theoretically. This ambitious book presents a new, general …

A decade has now passed since Hubbell published The Unified Neutral Theory of
Biodiversity and Biogeography. Neutral theory highlights the importance of dispersal …

The simplest theories often have much merit and many limitations, and, in this vein, the
value of neutral theory (NT) of biodiversity has been the subject of much debate over the …

An ongoing debate in ecology concerns the impacts of ecological drift and selection on
community assembly. Here, we show that there is a transition in diverse ecological …

Across diverse microbiotas, species abundances vary in time with distinctive statistical
behaviors that appear to generalize across hosts, but the origins and implications of these …

This paper synthesizes recent works at the interface of hydrology, geomorphology, and
ecology under an integrated framework of analysis with an aim for a general theory. It …

Mathematical biology is in the moment a prosperous and exciting field. New experimental
methods require more and refined models. While experimental data of traditional …