Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics - 43, 2012

Contents:

Scaling Up in Ecology: Mechanistic Approaches
Mark Denny and Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi

Adaptive Genetic Variation on the Landscape: Methods and Cases
Sean D. Schoville, Aurélie Bonin, Olivier François, Stéphane Lobreaux, Christelle Melodelima, and Stéphanie Manel

Endogenous Plant Cell Wall Digestion: A Key Mechanism in Insect Evolution
Nancy Calderón-Cortés, Mauricio Quesada, Hirofumi Watanabe, Horacio Cano-Camacho, and Ken Oyama

New Insights into Pelagic Migrations: Implications for Ecology and Conservation
Daniel P. Costa, Greg A. Breed, and Patrick W. Robinson

The Biogeography of Marine Invertebrate Life Histories
Dustin J. Marshall, Patrick J. Krug, Elena K. Kupriyanova, Maria Byrne, and Richard B. Emlet

Mutation Load: The Fitness of Individuals in Populations Where Deleterious Alleles Are Abundant
Aneil F. Agrawal and Michael C. Whitlock

From Animalcules to an Ecosystem: Application of Ecological Concepts to the Human Microbiome
Noah Fierer, Scott Ferrenberg, Gilberto E. Flores, Antonio González, Jordan Kueneman, Teresa Legg, Ryan C. Lynch, Daniel McDonald, Joseph R. Mihaljevic, Sean P. O'Neill, Matthew E. Rhodes, Se Jin Song, and William A. Walters

Effects of Host Diversity on Infectious Disease
Richard S. Ostfeld and Felicia Keesing

Coextinction and Persistence of Dependent Species in a Changing World
Robert K. Colwell, Robert R. Dunn, and Nyeema C. Harris

Functional and Phylogenetic Approaches to Forecasting Species' Responses to Climate Change
Lauren B. Buckley and Joel G. Kingsolver

Rethinking Community Assembly through the Lens of Coexistence Theory
J. HilleRisLambers, P.B. Adler, W.S. Harpole, J.M. Levine, and M.M. Mayfield

The Role of Mountain Ranges in the Diversification of Birds
Jon Fjeldsa, Rauri C.K. Bowie, and Carsten Rahbek

Evolutionary Inferences from Phylogenies: A Review of Methods
Brian C. O'Meara

A Guide to Sexual Selection Theory
Bram Kuijper, Ido Pen, and Franz J. Weissing

Ecoenzymatic Stoichiometry and Ecological Theory
Robert L. Sinsabaugh and Jennifer J. Follstad Shah

Origins of New Genes and Evolution of Their Novel Functions
Yun Ding, Qi Zhou, and Wen Wang

Climate Change, Aboveground-Belowground Interactions, and Species' Range Shifts
Wim H. Van der Putten

Inflammation: Mechanisms, Costs, and Natural Variation
Noah T. Ashley, Zachary M. Weil, and Randy J. Nelson

New Pathways and Processes in the Global Nitrogen Cycle
Bo Thamdrup

Beyond the Plankton Ecology Group (PEG) Model: Mechanisms Driving Plankton Succession
Ulrich Sommer, Rita Adrian, Lisette De Senerpont Domis, James J. Elser, Ursula Gaedke, Bas Ibelings, Erik Jeppesen, Miquel Lürling, Juan Carlos Molinero, Wolf M. Mooij, Ellen van Donk, and Monika Winder

Global Introductions of Crayfishes: Evaluating the Impact of Species Invasions on Ecosystem Services
David M. Lodge, Andrew Deines, Francesca Gherardi, Darren C.J. Yeo, Tracy Arcella, Ashley K. Baldridge, Matthew A. Barnes, W. Lindsay Chadderton, Jeffrey L. Feder, Crysta A. Gantz, Geoffrey W. Howard, Christopher L. Jerde, Brett W. Peters, Jody A. Peters, Lindsey W. Sargent, Cameron R. Turner, Marion E. Wittmann, and Yiwen Zeng

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