Despite many studies showing that landscape corridors increase dispersal and species richness
for disparate taxa, concerns persist that corridors can have unintended negative effects. …

As the single opportunity for plants to move, seed dispersal has an important impact on
plant fitness, species distributions and patterns of biodiversity. However, models that predict …

Seed dispersal, or the movement of diaspores away from the parent location, is a multiscale,
multipartner process that depends on the interaction of plant life history with vector …

Human alterations to nutrient cycles 1 , 2 and herbivore communities 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 are affecting
global biodiversity dramatically 2 . Ecological theory predicts these changes should be …

For more than 30 years, the relationship between net primary productivity and species richness
has generated intense debate in ecology about the processes regulating local diversity. …

Niche dimensionality provides a general theoretical explanation for biodiversity—more niches,
defined by more limiting factors, allow for more ways that species can coexist 1 . Because …

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Human centromeres are defined by alpha satellite DNA arrays that are distinct and
chromosome specific. Most human chromosomes contain multiple alpha satellite arrays that are …

Causal effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functions can be estimated using experimental
or observational designs — designs that pose a tradeoff between drawing credible causal …

Stochasticity is a core component of ecology, as it underlies key processes that structure and
create variability in nature. Despite its fundamental importance in ecological systems, the …