Lesley T. Lancaster

Dec 3, 2024 | besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Roberto Salguero-Gómez |Darren Evans |Jean-Michel Gaillard |Lesley T. Lancaster

1 WHAT ARE ECOLOGICAL CONCEPTS, AND WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT? Concepts are abstract ideas that describe processes of interest. As such, concepts are the backbone to theories in any science. Concepts and theories are related in that novel theories cannot emerge without the existence of the solid concepts that underpin them.

Jul 25, 2024 | nature.com | Lesley T. Lancaster

An analysis of nearly 44,000 mutualistic, commensalistic and parasitic interactions suggests that a species’ ecological generalism results from, rather than causes, ecological success.