Given the unprecedented rate of species extinctions facing the planet, understanding the
causes and consequences of species diversity in ecosystems is of paramount importance …

Rice fields are temporary wetlands that harbor many of the same species that breed in
natural temporary ponds. Therefore the rice agroecosystem has the potential to help sustain …

Habitat complexity is one of the most important factors structuring biotic assemblages, yet we
still lack basic understanding of the underlying mechanisms. Although it is one of the primary …

A keystone species is one whose effect is large, and disproportionately large relative to its
abundance nance of thcir eommunities, because they typically providc the major energy …

A concise but comprehensive introduction to the biology of standing waters (lakes and
ponds). As with other books in the Biology of Habitats Series, the emphasis in this book is on …

Cascading trophic interactions are important in many freshwater pelagic food webs, but their
importance in more complex, omnivore—rich littoral—zone food webs is less well known …

The relation between organic matter deposition fluxes and benthic community structure is
discussed in the framework of the classical Pearson-Rosenberg paradigm. The importance …

Strong top-down control by consumers has been demonstrated in rocky intertidal
communities around the world. In contrast, the role of bottom-up effects (nutrients and …

We evaluated the influence of intraguild predation among generalist insect predators on the
suppression of an herbivore, the aphid Aphis gossypii, to test the appropriateness of the …

Despite recognition of the significance of both food web interactions and habitat complexity
in community dynamics, current ecological theory rarely couples these two processes …