An ecological theory may help to explain why segregation is so widespread and persistent in US cities, according to a new article. The new way of framing segregation's endurance may provide a useful ...

How do habitat loss and fragmentation affect species and ecosystems? Spatial ecology investigates the immense variety of spatial patterns in nature and their ecological consequences. If you take a ...

(2005) Ecological Paradigms Lost: Routes of Theory Change, Edited by Kim Cuddington and Betrix Beisner (2006) Dynamic Food Webs: Multispecies Assemblages, Ecosystem Development and Environmental ...

It was a revelation. Germs cause disease. When Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch discovered and developed what would later be called the germ theory in the 1860s, this was a radical, then revolutionary ...

Generations of students have learned that "ecological succession" originated with plant scientists. Yet, according to a new article, it was forensic examiners who first explored the concept. For ...

The rapid, human-induced changes in the Earth system during the Anthropocene present humanity with critical sustainability challenges. Social-ecological systems (SES) research provides multiple ...

Understanding the dynamics that shape community practices, social habits and cultures is important for business owners who wish to understand how to better interact with community members from all ...