Table Of ContentTemporal Dynamics and Ecological Process
Incontrastwiththefundamentalecologicalexpectationthatsimilarity
inducescompetitionandlossofspecies,temporaldynamicsallowsimilar
speciestoco-occur.Infact,thecoexistenceofsimilarspeciescontributes
significantlytospeciesdiversityandcouldaffectecosystemresponseto
climatechange.However,becausetemporalprocessestakeplaceover
time,theyhaveoftenbeenachallengetodocumentoreventoidentify.
TemporalDynamicsandEcologicalProcessbringstogetherstudies
thathavemetthischallengeandpresenttwospecificaspectsof
temporalprocesses:reproductiveschedulingandthestablecoexistence
ofsimilarspecies.Byusingplantstoextractgeneralprinciples,
thesestudiesuncoverdeeptiesbetweentemporalnichedynamics
andtheabovecentralecologicalissues,therebyprovidingabetter
understandingofwhatdrivestemporalprocessesinnature.
Writtenbyleadingscientistsinthefield,thistitlewillbea
valuablesourceofreferencetoresearchecologistsandtothose
interestedintemporalecology.
COLLEENK.KELLYisaSeniorResearchAssociateintheDepartmentof
ZoologyattheUniversityofOxford.Herresearchinterestsfocuson
temporaldynamics,communityassemblyandecosystemfunction.She
haspublishedwidelyonthesetopicsandhasbeenaprincipalinvestigator
orco-PIonvariousfundedprojectsintheUnitedStates,theUKandMéxico.
MICHAELG.BOWLERhasworkedintheDepartmentofPhysicsatthe
UniversityofOxfordforover40years.Hisresearchinterestfocusedon
particlephysics.Hehastakenpartinseveralmajorcollaborationsin
thisfield,mostrecentlytheSudburyNeutrinoObservatory.Hehas
authoredorco-authored150papersandhaswrittenfivebooks.
GORDONA.FOXisAssociateProfessorintheDepartmentofIntegrative
BiologyattheUniversityofSouthFlorida.Hismainareaofresearchis
plantecologyandtheoreticalpopulationbiology.Hisrecentworkhas
focusedondemographicheterogeneityanditscausesandconsequences,
includingboththeoreticalstudiesandresearchwithpopulationsof
pines,liliesandFloridascrub-jays.
Temporal
Dynamics and
Ecological Process
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colleen k. kelly
University ofOxford, UK
michael g. bowler
University ofOxford, UK
gordon a. fox
University ofSouth Florida, USA
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1.Populationbiology. 2.Bioticcommunities. 3.Plantpopulations. I.Kelly,
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Contents
Listofcontributors Pagevii
1 Introduction 1
colleen k. kelly, michael g. bowler
and gordon a. fox
PartI
Observingtemporalprocessesinnature 9
2 Thestorageeffect:definitionandtestsintwoplant
communities 11
peter chesson, nancy j. huntly, stephen
h. roxburgh, marissa pantastico-caldas
and jos´e m. facelli
3 Whattemporalprocessesintreestellusaboutcompetition,
communitystructureandspeciation 41
colleen k. kelly, michael g. bowler, gordon a. fox,
j. arturo sol´ıs-magallanes, j. marcela ramos-tapia,
pilar lopera blair, susanne schwinning, john
n. williams and jeffrey b. joy
4 Testingthestorageeffectwithlong-termobservationaldata 82
peter b. adler
5 Seedlingherbivoryandthetemporalniche 102
mick e. hanley and rebecca j. sykes
6 Temporalvariationindensitydependenceinanherbaceous
community 123
norma l. fowler and craig m. pease
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vi Contents
7 Populationandcommunitydynamicsinvariable
environments:thedesertannualsystem 140
d. lawrence venable and sarah kimball
8 Temporalniches,ecosystemfunctionandclimatechange 165
susanne schwinning, gordon a. fox and colleen
k. kelly
PartII
Applicationtospecificquestions 189
9 Evolutionofsynchronisedandintermittentreproduction
(masting)oftrees:keyroleofregenerationdynamics 191
yoh iwasa, akiko satake and yuuya tachiki
10 Spatiotemporalvariationcanpromotecoexistencemore
stronglythantemporalvariation 224
robin e. snyder
11 Rolesofpollinatorattractionandenvironmental
fluctuationininducingfloweringsynchrony 251
akiko satake, yuuya tachiki and yoh iwasa
12 Temporaldynamicsandthespreadofinsectresistance
transgenes 282
michael g. bowler, felix breden
and colleen k. kelly
13 Concludingremarks 309
gordon a. fox, michael g. bowler
and colleen k. kelly
Index 321
Contributors
PeterB.Adler
UtahStateUniversity,CollegeofNaturalResources,
5230OldMainHill,Logan,UT84322–5230,USA
MichaelG.Bowler
DepartmentofPhysics,UniversityofOxford,KebleRoad,
Oxford,OX13RH,UK
FelixBreden
DepartmentofBiologicalSciences,SimonFraserUniversity,
Burnaby,BritishColumbia,V5A1S6,Canada
PeterChesson
DepartmentofEcologyandEvolutionaryBiology,
UniversityofArizona,Tucson,AZ85721,USA
JoseM.Facelli
TerrestrialPlantEcology,SchoolofEarthandEnvironmental
Sciences,TheUniversityofAdelaide,SA5005,Australia
NormaL.Fowler
TheUniversityofTexasatAustin,SectionofIntegrative
Biology,1UniversityStationA6700,Austin,TX78712,USA
GordonA.Fox
DepartmentofIntegrativeBiology,UniversityofSouth
Florida,4202E.FowlerAve,Tampa,FL33620,USA
MickE.Hanley
SchoolofBiologicalSciences,UniversityofPlymouth,
DrakeCircus,Plymouth,PL48AA,UK
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viii Listofcontributors
NancyJ.Huntly
Director,USUEcologyCenter,UtahStateUniversity,
5205OldMainHill,Logan,UT84322–5205,USA
YohIwasa
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University,
Fukuoka,Japan
JeffreyB.Joy
DepartmentofBiologicalSciences,SimonFraserUniversity,
Burnaby,BritishColumbia,V5A1S6,Canada
ColleenK.Kelly
Department of Zoology, Niko Tinbergen Building, South Parks
Road,Oxford,OX13PS,UK
SarahKimball
UniversityofCalifornia,IrvineBIOSCI–Centerfor
EnvironmentalBiology,Irvine,CA92697–1450,USA
PilarLoperaBlair
Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida,
4202E.FowlerAve,Tampa,FL33620,USA
MarissaPantastico-Caldas
ScienceDepartment,LosAngelesTrade-TechCollege,400
W.WashingtonBlvd,LosAngeles,CA90015,USA
CraigM.Pease
VermontLawSchool,EnvironmentalLawCenter,SRoyalton,
VT05068,USA
J.MarcelaRamos-Tapia
PlandeAyala#87,FranciscoVilla,MunicipiodeLaHuerta,
Jalisco,C.P.48878,México
StephenH.Roxburgh
CSIROSustainableEcosystems,GPOBox284,Canberra,ACT2601,
Australia
AkikoSatake
HokkaidoUniversity,GraduateSchoolofEnvironmentalScience,
Sapporo,Hokkaido0600810,Japan
Listofcontributors ix
SusanneSchwinning
DepartmentofBiology,TexasStateUniversity,SanMarcos,
TX78666,USA
RobinE.Snyder
Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, 10900
EuclidAvenue,Cleveland,OH44106–7080,USA
J.ArturoSolís-Magallanes
LaboratoriodeBotánicadelDepartamentodeEcologíayRecursos
Naturales,CentroUniversitarioCostaSur,Universidadde
Guadalajara,AvenidaIndependencia#151Autlán,Jalisco,
C.P.48900,México
RebeccaJ.Sykes
PrincipalEcologicalConsultant,EcologicalPlanning&
ResearchLtd,TheBarn,MicheldeverStation,
Winchester,SO213AR,UK
YuuyaTachiki
Kyushu University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology,
Fukuoka8128581,Japan
D.LawrenceVenable
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of
Arizona,Tucson,AZ85721,USA
JohnN.Williams
EnvironmentalScience&Policy,UniversityofCalifornia,
OneShieldsAvenue,Davis,CA95616,USA
