One of the central questions of ecology aims to understand the mechanisms that maintain patterns of species coexistence. Community assembly, the process of structuring communities, occurs in ecological time, is influenced by biotic interactions at local scales, and is thought to…
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Soil dwelling microorganisms are essential components of numerous ecosystem processes and biogeochemical cycles. In particular, they are important actors in terrestrial carbon cycling, producing and turning over soil organic matter. Microbially mediated soil carbon cycling can b…
More than a century after they emerged as central themes in ecology, community assembly and species coexistence remain rich areas of inquiry. Recent advances in coexistence theory and the development of new and powerful quantitative techniques have offered new insights into the …
Habitat selection by pond breeding amphibians and insects is often critical for larval survival, performance, and resulting parental fitness, since there is typically little parental care beyond oviposition site choice. Numerous axes of patch quality have been identified and qua…