The merging of community ecology and phylogenetic biology.

The increasing availability of phylogenetic data, computing power and informatics tools has facilitated a rapid expansion of studies that apply phylogenetic data and methods to community ecology. Several key areas are reviewed in which phylogenetic…

Ecologists have long been interested in the differences that exist among communities. If species adapted rapidly and without constraint, and if any lineage could occur in any community, then we would expect differences in community structure to be…

A synthesis between community ecology and evolutionary biology is emerging that identifies how genetic variation and evolution within one species can shape the ecological properties of entire communities and, in turn, how community context can…

I review the mathematical and biological aspects of Hubbell's (2001) neutral theory of species abundance for ecological communities, and clarify its historical connections with closely related approaches in population genetics. A selective overview…

As better phylogenetic hypotheses become available for many groups of organisms, studies in community ecology can be informed by knowledge of the evolutionary relationships among coexisting species. We note three primary approaches to integrating…

This study reports results of a 14-month live-trap study of small-rodent communities in 2 habitats, cloud forest and disturbed areas, at Las Joyas Scientific Station of the Sierra de Manantla n Biosphere Reserve, western Mexico. Seven taxa of 2…

Es un estudio sobre ecologia de algas, poblacion y niveles de organización en la comunidad

The Mytilidae is a family of considerable antiquity dating back to the Devonian era and includes many important byssally attached genera such as Choromytilus, Perna, Modiolus and Aulacomya, as well as Mytilus itself. The development of byssal…

To study the community characteristics of Acanthopanax giraldii and its role and adaptability in the community.

Communities are assemblages of individuals of different species living and interacting together in a contiguous environment. Community ecology studies how communities are structured and how their structure changes in time and space, spontaneously or…