Table of Contents
Preface Andrew Dobson Robert D. Holt David Tilman xi
List of Contributors xvii
Part I Populations, Variability, and Scaling
Ecological Scaling in Space and Time: A New Tool in Plain Sight? Elizabeth T. Borer 3
How Will Organisms Respond to Complex, Novel Environments? Emilie C. Snell-Rood Megan E. Kobiela 16
Variance-Explicit Ecology: A Call for Holistic Study of the Consequences of Variability at Multiple Scales Marcel Holyoak William C. Wetzel 25
Why Dqes Intra-Cenotypic Variance Persist? C. Jessica E. Metcalf Julien F. Ayroles 43
Population Dynamics of Species with Complex Life Cycles Andrew Dobson 55
What Determines Population Density? Robert M. May 67
Part II Population Biology and the Ecology of Individuals
Neglected Problems in Ecology: Interdependence and Mutualism Egbert Giles Leigh Jr. 79
Ecology "through the Looking Class": What Might Be the Ecological Consequences of Stopping Mutation? Robert D. Holt 92
Ecology and Evolution Is Hindered by the Lack of Individual-Based Data Tim Coulson 107
Do Temperate and Tropical Birds Have Different Mating Systems? Christina Riehl 115
Leaf Structure and Function Peter J. Crubb 124
Part III Coexistence
The Dimensions of Species Coexistence Johnathan M. Levine Simon P. Hart 145
Evolution, Speciation, and the Persistence Paradox Andrew R Tilman David Tilman 160
What Is the Species Richness Distribution? Pablo A. Marquet Mauricio Tejo Rolando Rebolledo 177
Two Sides of the Same Coin: High Non-Neutral Diversity and High-Dimensional Trait Space in Pathogen Populations and Ecological Communities Mercedes Pascual 189
Part IV Ecological Communities and Ecosystems
What Regulates Growth across Levels of Organization? Ian Hatton 203
The Ecosystem: Superorganism, or Collection of Individuals? Michel Loreau 218
Untangling Food Webs Robert M. Pringle 225
What Determines the Abundance of Lianas and Vines? Helene C. Mailer-Landau Stephen W. Pacala 239
The World Beneath Us: Making Soil Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Central to Environmental Policy Diana H. Wall Ross A. Virginia 265
Part V Ecology and Health
Ecology and Medicines Andrew F. Read 279
Six Wedges to Curing Disease Michael E. Hochberg 288
Part VI Conservation Biology and Natural Resource Management
Collective Cooperation: From Ecological Communities to Global Governance and Back Simon Levin 311
Keeping the Faith: The Case for Very-Large Terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas Tim Caro 318
How Does Biodiversity Relate to Ecosystem Functioning in Natural Ecosystems? Rachael Winfree 338
Part VII Final Thoughts
A Science Business Model for Answering Important Questions Kevin Lafferty 357
Going Big Stefano Allesina 374
Index 381