Interpretations of the transitions and trajectories of mountain, Wyoming, and basin big sagebrush sites correlated well with the ecological expectation.
We do agree that the original discussions on forces that cause deviations from the ecological patterning expectations could benefit from being more explicit and organized.
Based on ecological theory, our expectations are that single or light disturbances may allow for quick recovery of forest structure, whereas intense, repeated, or synergistic disturbances may lead to substantial forest decline and potentially lower carbon states.
This analysis compares the observed course of ecological diversification to expectations from a Brownian motion model in a multivariate niche space.
But often behind the cute exterior there are, as on their Intro Bonito mixtape, concise, pop-haiku-like explorations of the strangeness of babies, ecological issues or societal expectations of women.
However, as expectations of ecological sustainability and provisioning of different ecosystem services from forests are growing (Burton et al. 2010), problems related to even-aged management are becoming more and more evident (e.g. Kuuluvainen et al. 2012).
Using defined mathematical and biological systems under controlled spatial environments, we have established two expectations for ecological patterning between two interacting partners.
Third, we assess the role of disruptive natural selection in driving incipient speciation by comparing the distribution of phenotypes and genetic differentiation in Apoyeque's Midas cichlid population, with the expectation that ecological diversification should result in a bimodal distribution of ecologically relevant traits.
This is of course not 'proof' that predation existed very early in evolution; rather we see the results as supporting the expectation that ecological specialization would occur, given these fundamental principles.
Thus, a gap between the expectations and real ecological restoration effects exists.
