Network approaches to ecological questions have been increasingly used, particularly in
recent decades. The abstraction of ecological systems – such as communities – through …

The community matrix is among ecology's most important mathematical abstractions, formally
encapsulating the interconnected network of effects that species have on one another's …

Dispersal and foodweb dynamics have long been studied in separate models. However,
over the past decades, it has become abundantly clear that there are intricate interactions …

… Stable isotope analysis will only be useful when potential sources (prey) have distinct isotope
values (but see Yeakel et al… SD Newsome and JD Yeakel contributed equally to this study. …

The diet of early human ancestors has received renewed theoretical interest since the discovery
of elevated δ 13 C values in the enamel of Australopithecus africanus and Paranthropus …

Life‐history strategies can buffer individuals and populations from environmental variability.
For instance, it is possible that asynchronous dynamics among different life histories can …

The dynamics of ecosystem collapse are fundamental to determining how and why
biological communities change through time, as well as the potential effects of extinctions on …

Spatial structure in landscapes impacts population stability. Two linked components of stability
have large consequences for persistence: first, statistical stability as the lack of temporal …

Most tropical rainforests have been defaunated of large-bodied mammals and the cascading
effects of such extirpations have been poorly studied, particularly on other animals. We …

1. ABSTRACT ExxonMobil’s Electrofrac process is an energy-efficient method for converting
oil shale to producible oil and gas. The method heats the oil shale in situ by hydraulically …