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Contrasts between habitat generalists and specialists: an empirical extension to the basic metacommunity framework

Emergence of the metacommunity concept has made a substantial contribution to better understanding of the community composition and dynamics in a regional context. However, long-term field data for testing of available metacommunity models are still …

Compensatory dynamics are rare in natural ecological communities

In population ecology, there has been a fundamental controversy about the relative importance of competition-driven (density-dependent) population regulation vs. abiotic influences such as temperature and precipitation. The same issue arises at the …