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

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

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

Fifty years ago, the seminal volume ‘ The Genetics of Colonizing Species’ edited by Herbert G. Baker and G. Ledyard Stebbins was published...

Sam Scheiner. 2013. The ecological literature, an idea free distribution. Ecology Letters. Early View. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12196  “Ecology i...

In 1999, John Lawton , eminent British ecologist, published a lament for the state of community ecology entitled “ Are there general laws in...