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A landscape approach to forecasting climate change impacts on geographic ranges and phenologies of plants in the Washington Cascades
As the pace of environmental change accelerates, biologists are transforming the discipline of ecology from a fundamentally descriptive science to one that can be used to generate skillful forecasts. Although important progress is being made, this work is stymied by (1) our limited understanding of the physical and biological ...
Restoration of native plant communities: an examination of seed limitation and microsite limitation in the Garry oak ecosystem.
The Garry oak ecosystem is one of the most highly degraded ecosystems in North America due to fragmentation, development, and conversion to incompatible uses, with less than three percent of the ecosystem dominated by native plants (Noss 1995; Crawford and Hall 1997). Despite recognition of the dire state of the ecosystem, ...
Benthic subtidal assemblages and ecological processes in urbanized seascapes of Puget Sound, Washington, USA
Urbanization is a major process altering nearshore habitats in many parts of the world. One important aspect of urbanization in marine settings is the proliferation of artificial structures, such as seawalls, breakwaters, and jetties. Urban artificial structures can fundamentally shift marine communities and alter ecological ...
On the variation of traits and tree range constraints
Ecology in the 21st century faces the considerable challenge of predicting how ecosystem structure and function will respond to rapid global environmental change. In order to meet this challenge, ecology must transcend description through the development of broad ecological theory and ecological tools that can explain and ...
Marine microplastic pollution: An interdisciplinary approach to understanding the effects on organisms, ecosystems, and policy
Microplastics (plastic < 5mm) are ubiquitous in marine environments, from surface waters to benthic sediments. Microplastic in the oceans was first documented in 2004 and our current knowledge of potential biological implications is limited and rapidly growing. Thus far, we know marine organisms are exposed to microplastics ...