Strictly speaking, a community is composed of all the organisms that live together in a
particular habitat. Community structure concerns all the various ways in which the members …

Spatial environmental heterogeneity (EH) is an important driver of species diversity, and its
influence on species richness has been analysed for numerous taxa, in diverse ecological …

A plethora of different theories, models, and concepts make up the field of community
ecology. Amid this vast body of work, is it possible to build one general theory of ecological …

抄録< jats: p> Why do larger areas have more species? What makes diversity so high near
the equator? Has the number of species grown during the past 600 million years? Does …

Given a resource gradient (eg light intensity, prey size) in a community, species evolve to
use different parts of this gradient; competition between them is thereby reduced. Species …

The recent literature on species diversity contains many semantic, conceptual, and technical
problems. It is suggested that, as a result of these problems, species diversity has become a …

Aim In a selected literature survey we reviewed studies on the habitat heterogeneity–animal
species diversity relationship and evaluated whether there are uncertainties and biases in …

It is often claimed that we do not understand the forces driving the global diversity gradient.
However, an extensive literature suggests that contemporary climate constrains terrestrial …

The very etymology of Ecology, from the greek'Qikos','the household', implies that ecologists
should devote some attention to the'house'or habitat of the population or community they are …

Current theory predicts a distinct upper limit on the permissible degree of niche overlap;
moreover, theory suggests that maximal tolerable overlap should be relatively insensitive to …