December 11, 2010
by peter.taylor
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The previous post presented a case of apparent predator-prey interactions among ciliate species one might have expected to be competitors. There are many references to apparent interactions or indirect effects in the ecological literature (e.g., Levine 1976; Holt 1977; Lawlor … Continue reading
December 10, 2010
by peter.taylor
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Vandermeer (1969) reported on a quantitative study of a community of four competing ciliate protozoan populations. The model he fitted to his observations (see previous post) indicated that three of the six pairs of interactions between the competitors were positive-negative … Continue reading
December 4, 2010
by peter.taylor
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Constructionist and landscape views (Taylor 2005, Chapter 1, Part A) reinforce other currents that have undermined the aspirations of earlier decades for identifying general principles about systems and communities (Kingsland 1995, 213-251; Taylor and Haila 2001). Since the 1980s ecologists … Continue reading
October 19, 2010
by peter.taylor
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“Troubled by Heterogeneity? Opportunities for Fresh Views on Long-standing and Recent Issues in Biology and Biomedicine,” was a talk I gave on 13 Oct. ’10 (abstract). I sketched a number of cases to get the audience thinking about my underlying … Continue reading