Population cycling is a widespread phenomenon, observed across a multitude of taxa in
both laboratory and natural conditions. Historically, the theory associated with population …

Three main hypotheses have been postulated over the past century to explain the
outbreaking population dynamics of eastern spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana …

Habitat fragmentation and climate change are both prominent manifestations of global
change, but there is little knowledge on the specific mechanisms of how climate change may …

Biodiversity can increase in both high‐and low‐connected landscapes. However, we lack
predictions related to biodiversity dynamics when accounting for the temporal heterogeneity …

A tenet of ecology is that temporal variability in ecological structure and processes tends to
decrease with increasing spatial scales (from locales to regions) and levels of biological …

Metapopulations persist when local populations are rapidly recolonized following local
extinctions. Such persistence requires asynchrony; simultaneous crashes of all populations …

Despite the pervasiveness of spatial synchrony of population fluctuations in virtually every
taxon, it remains difficult to disentangle its underlying mechanisms, such as environmental …

Highlights•The fluctuations of spatially disjunct populations are often correlated through
time.•Such spatial synchrony can impact pest management and species …

Annual insect abundances are determined by short‐term population fluctuations and long‐
term trends in community composition. Any assessment of this temporal variability needs …

We show that the population ecology of the 9‐to 10‐year cyclic, broadleaf‐defoliating winter
moth (Operophtera brumata) and other early‐season geometrids cannot be fully understood …