Continental Ecology

Macrosystems ecology: understanding ecological patterns and processes at continental scales

© The Ecological Society of America www.frontiersinecology.org I this paper, we present a conceptual framework for investigating ecological patterns and processes at regional to continental scales. Ecological phenomena operate across a range of scales (Figure 1), but the development of ecological theory of regions to continents lags behind that of finer scales. Better understanding of broad sca...

Microbial ecology and biogeochemistry of continental Antarctic soils

The Antarctica Dry Valleys are regarded as the coldest hyperarid desert system on Earth. While a wide variety of environmental stressors including very low minimum temperatures, frequent freeze-thaw cycles and low water availability impose severe limitations to life, suitable niches for abundant microbial colonization exist. Antarctic desert soils contain much higher levels of microbial diversi...

INTER-CONTINENTAL PATTERNS IN THE FINE-SCALE SPATIAL ECOLOGY OF RAIN FOREST TERMITES By

Decaying Wood: An Overview of Its Status and Ecology in the United Kingdom and Continental Europe

Decaying wood habitats are rare in Europe because of centuries of forestry and agricultural practices. Where there has been continuous woodland cover and within it an unbroken presence of old trees, the decaying wood communities are exceptional. The main woodland management systems operating in Europe are explained and how they influence the decaying wood component and associated wildlife. Prio...

Fractal Population Ecology Theory

Abstract Purpose - The aim of this paper is to describe the population ecology theory through fractal thinking, an emergent human operating system that is creative, adaptive, healthy, and evolutionary; furthermore, a parallel is drawn between the population ecology model and the fractal structure. Top-down hierarchies are typically characterized by command and control systems of the authority t...