Frontiers of Ecology

As ecological research enters a new era of collaboration, integration and technological sophistication, four frontiers seem paramount for understanding how biological and physical processes interact over multiple spatial and temporal scales to shape the Earth's biodiversity. These include the d...

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Published in:Bioscience 2001-01, Vol.51 (1), p.15-24
Main Authors: Thompson, John N., Reichman, O. J., Morin, Peter J., Polis, Gary A., Power, Mary E., Sterner, Robert W., Couch, Carol A., Gough, Laura, Holt, Robert, Hooper, David U., Keesing, Felicia, Lovell, Charles R., Milne, Bruce T., Molles, Manuel C., Roberts, David W., Strauss, Sharon Y.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Biological diversity
Coalescence
Community Development
Community Relations
Ecological research
Ecology
Forecasts and trends
Group Structure
Physical Environment
Topology
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Summary:As ecological research enters a new era of collaboration, integration and technological sophistication, four frontiers seem paramount for understanding how biological and physical processes interact over multiple spatial and temporal scales to shape the Earth's biodiversity. These include the dynamics of coalescence in complex communities, the role of ecological memory, emergent properties of complex systems and ecological topology.
ISSN:0006-3568
1525-3244
DOI:10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0015:FOE]2.0.CO;2