Ecology. Matters of scale.

The Issue of Scale in Questions of Community Interaction and Composition

The Issue of Scale in Questions of Community Interaction and Composition All of the following papers share one thing: the idea that “scale matters”. I have included papers that summarize the historical role of scale in ecology, attempt to apply concepts of scale into their research, overcome the problems associated with scaling and even papers that develop ways to find your one true scale (of y...

Landscape Ecology

and methodological developments by recognizing the importance of micro-, meso-, macro-, and cross-scale approaches. The term landscape ecology was coined in 1939 by the German geographer Carl Troll, who was inspired by the spatial patterning of landscapes revealed in aerial photographs and the ecosystem concept developed in 1935 by the British ecologist Arthur Tansley. Troll originally defi ned...

Rangeland Ecology, Management and Conservation Benefits

The book written by seventeen experts in the field of rangeland management, this compilation of essays brings to light the latent issues concerning this subject to readers all over the globe. Though technical approaches can address some issues, social processes ultimately prevent the balancing of these matters. Socio-economic and political institutions are often a stumbling block for improving ...

Why Ecology Matters

Ecological Foundations for Pest Damage Functions: Why Ecology Matters

perspective: Why biogeography matters: historical biogeography vs. phylogeography and community phylogenetics for inferring ecological and evolutionary processes

Phylogenetic and phylogeographic approaches have become widespread in evolutionary biology, ecology, and biogeography. However, analyses that incorporate inferences from historical biogeography (e.g. timing of colonization of a region) may be essential to answer the most important large-scale questions in these fields, but they remain infrequently used. I focus on two examples here. First, I ar...