There are several popular approaches to the goal of finding generalities in ecology. One is essentially top down, searching for generalitie...

The niche concept is a good example of an idea in ecology that is continually changing. It is probably the most important idea in ecology th...

These days, the term ‘niche’ manages to cover both incredibly vague and incredibly specific ideas. All the many ways of thinking about an or...

I was recently asked “what is the most important problem in ecology?”. I was dissatisfied with whatever I ended up answering, so it has been...

Someone asked me what is the most important or lingering issue in community ecology recently. (There’s probably a whole post to answer that ...

Habitat restoration literature is full of cases where the outcomes of restoration activities are unpredictable, or where multiple sites div...

Plant functional traits and the multidimensional nature of species coexistence. 2015. Nathan J. B. Kraft, Oscar Godoy, and Jonathan M. Levin...

*Sorry for the low frequency of posts these days – I seem to be insanely busy this summer  ☺ Oscar Godoy, Nathan Kraft, Jonathan Levine....

Some of the most frequently used ecological concepts can be difficult to define. Sometimes this lack of clarity leads to a poor understandi...

Andrew Gonzalez, Ophélie Ronce, Regis Ferriere, and Michael E. Hochberg. 2013. Evolutionary rescue: an emerging focus at the inters...

Rethinking Community Assembly through the Lens of Coexistence Theory J. HilleRisLambers, P.B. Adler, W.S. Harpole, J.M. Levine, and...