The fairy circles of Namibia are currently subject to a lively debate on their origin, and they provide a textbook example of how progress is made in science. Hypotheses that were commonly accepted are challenged by a set of new observations that favor
Experimental evidence of the major role played by the degradation of environmental conditions in the initiation of dispersal
by Delphine Legrand and Michel Baguette
Dispersal is a key process in biology, from population and community...
The 2014 International Biogeography Meeting in Miami, FL, attracted 409 attendees from > 40 countries. Photo: K. J. Feeley.
Responsible academia: Optimizing conference location to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Written by J.T....
Hyper-diverse ecosystems can be even richer: poor dispersal destines many grassland species to dark diversity
When counting plant species within a few square meters, northern European grasslands are among the most species-rich communities in the world...
Marking an individual Morpho achilles (Nymphalidae, Morphini) in Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest. Photo by P. J. DeVries.
By Carla Penz, Phil DeVries, Jarle Tufto and Russ Lande
Spatial movement plays a fundamental role in ecological and...
Have behavioural ecologists given up on the search for the fundamental niche?
by Manuela Panzacchi
No, not at all. Although, strictly speaking, fundamental niches are inestimable theoretical constructs, they are too important to be forgotten....
The role of climate and geohistorical factors in driving plant richness patterns and endemicity on the East Asian continental islands
Written by: Kubota Yasuhiro (Associate Professor), Shiono Takayuki (Postdoctoral Fellow), Kusumoto Buntarou (...
Enallagma ebrium with Arrenurus water mites
Phenology and regional occurrence explain interspecific variation in damselfly-water mite associations
by Julia J. Mlynarek
When near a water body it is...
By Tobias Uller
In a warmer world, spring will be earlier. The increase in temperature is not the same across the globe, however, and the highest rate of warming is found at high latitudes. It is therefore not very surprising that,...
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