A series of lectures concerned with the interrelationships of organisms with their abiotic environment with emphasis on the New England area. Selected current topics will supplement the text.

The movement of lizards around the Caribbean is forcing researchers to account for human activity in even their most basic ecological models. When Matthew Helmus was about eight years old and ...

In a new column called Green Thumbs Up, I’ll be exploring various environmental projects and ideas affecting green-friendly regions across the world. Cities and towns evolved from trading centers ...

Wetlands : an overview -- Flooding -- Fertility -- Disturbance -- Competition -- Herbivory -- Burial -- Other factors -- Diversity -- Zonation : shorelines as a prism ...

The dense, diverse collection of bacteria and other microorganisms that begin colonizing the human gastrointestinal tract from birth—collectively called the gut microbiome—is known to influence ...

This paper uses theory and experiments to explore the effects of diversity on stability, productivity, and susceptibility to invasion. A model of resource competition predicts that increases in ...

When disturbances upset the balance of a forest, field, or stream, ecologists practice ecological restoration to assist ecosystem recovery. In "Gut Microbiota and Human Health: Insights from ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Recent catastrophes in environmental management, such as population collapses in oceanic fisheries, have led environmental activists and ...