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Tag Archives: Ecology
Addressing context dependence in ecology
A phrase that you are bound to hear many times at any ecology conference is “it depends”. We see context dependence – variation in the magnitude or sign of ecological relationships depending on the conditions under which they are observed (Fig. … Continue reading
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Tagged alien plant invasion, apparent context dependence, biological invasions, confounding, context dependence, context dependency, context dependent, contingency, Ecology, interaction effects, Invasive species, Jane Catford, John Wilson, mechanistic context dependence, Petr Pyšek, Richard Duncan, statistics, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
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Sunshine and visitors
Long days, warm weather, dry roads and visitors. I love summer! Esti Palma from the University of Melbourne and Dr Luis Mata from RMIT University (and, the all-important, Alan Mata) came to visit for a couple of weeks recently. They … Continue reading
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Tagged Biodiversity, cities, Ecology, Esti Palma, insects, John Dwyer, Luis Mata, Melbourne, plant traits, University of Southampton, urban
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Land of 10,000 Lakes
Located on the Canadian border, smack bang in the middle of the US, Minnesota is indeed a land of many lakes. While this postcard does sell them a bit short (there are in fact about 15,000 lakes and that doesn’t … Continue reading
New paper: The intermediate disturbance hypothesis and plant invasions: implications for species richness and management
Jan 2012 – Some colleagues and I have recently written a paper that examines the relationship between the intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH) and alien plant invasions. Published in Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, the paper is structured around … Continue reading
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