Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Publication Date
4-2007
Volume
5
Issue
3
Disciplines
Biology | Life Sciences
Abstract
We propose research to fill key gaps in the areas of population and community ecology, based on a National Science Foundation workshop identifying funding priorities for the next 5–10 years. Our vision for the near future of ecology focuses on three core areas: predicting the strength and context-dependence of species interactions across multiple scales; identifying the importance of feedbacks from individual interactions to ecosystem dynamics; and linking pattern with process to understand species coexistence. We outline a combination of theory development and explicit, realistic tests of hypotheses needed to advance population and community ecology.
DOI
10.1890/1540-9295(2007)5[145:FKGIPA]2.0.CO;2
Rights
Copyright 2007 by the Ecological Society of America. Anurag A. Agrawal, David D. Ackerly, Fred Adler, A Elizabeth Arnold, Carla Cáceres, Daniel F. Doak, Eric Post, Peter J. Hudson, John Maron, Kailen A. Mooney, Mary Power, Doug Schemske, Jay Stachowicz, Sharon Strauss, Monica G. Turner, and Earl Werner 2007. Filling key gaps in population and community ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5: 145–152. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/1540-9295(2007)5[145:FKGIPA]2.0.CO;2.
Recommended Citation
Agrawal, Anurag A.; Ackerly, David D.; Adler, Fred; Arnold, A. Elizabeth; Cáceres, Carla; Doak, Daniel F.; Post, Eric; Hudson, Peter J.; Maron, John L.; Mooney, Kailen A.; Power, Mary; Schemske, Doug; Stachowicz, Jay; Strauss, Sharon; Turner, Monica G.; and Werner, Earl, "Filling Key Gaps in Population and Community Ecology" (2007). Biological Sciences Faculty Publications. 242.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/biosci_pubs/242
Comments
Copyright 2007 by the Ecological Society of America. Anurag A. Agrawal, David D. Ackerly, Fred Adler, A Elizabeth Arnold, Carla Cáceres, Daniel F. Doak, Eric Post, Peter J. Hudson, John Maron, Kailen A. Mooney, Mary Power, Doug Schemske, Jay Stachowicz, Sharon Strauss, Monica G. Turner, and Earl Werner 2007. Filling key gaps in population and community ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5: 145–152. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/1540-9295(2007)5[145:FKGIPA]2.0.CO;2.