Filling key gaps in population and community ecology. Issue 9 (1st April 2007)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Agrawal, Anurag A.; Ackerly, David D.; Adler, Fred; Arnold, A Elizabeth; Cáceres, Carla; Doak, Daniel F.; Post, Eric; Hudson, Peter J.; Maron, John; Mooney, Kailen A.; Power, Mary; Schemske, Doug; Stachowicz, Jay; Strauss, Sharon; Turner, Monica G.; Werner, Earl
• Is Part Of: Frontiers in ecology and the environment. Volume 4:Issue 9(2006)
• Page Start: 145
• Page End: 152
• Publication Date: 2007-04-01
• Subjects: Ecology -- Periodicals; Environmental sciences -- Periodicals; Ecology; Environmental sciences; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 577.05
• DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2007)5[145:FKGIPA]2.0.CO;2
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1540-9295

Abstract

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.