Ever since Darwin read Malthus, the theory of evolution has benefited from the interaction of ecology with economics. Evolutionary game theory belongs to this tradition: it merges population ecology with game theory. Game theory originally addressed problems confronted by decision makers with diverging interests (for instance, firms competing for a market). The ‘players’ have to choose between ...

Population ecology is the discipline in ecology that deals with the structure and dynamics (e.g. growth and decline) of biological populations. The focus may be on a single population in isolation, or one of a few interacting populations. Population ecology is closely related to other ecological disciplines, e.g., physiology and community ecology, but separate from them. A physiologist might st...

The geographic range of many temperate plant species is constrained by climate, but it remains little known how climate affects population performance at low-latitude range margins. This study investigated the reproduction of the Eurasian tree Frangula alnus in relict populations near its southwestern range limit in southern Spain. The aim was to identify the principal stages and causes of ovul...

Ever since Darwin read Malthus, the theory of evolution has benefited from the interaction of ecology with economics. Evolutionary game theory belongs to this tradition: it merges population ecology with game theory. Game theory originally addressed problems confronted by decision makers with diverging interests (for instance, firms competing for a market). The ‘players’ have to choose between ...

Both old and new information on the biology and ecology of Atlantic bluefin tuna have confronted scientists with research challenges: research needs to be connected to current stockassessment and management issues. We review recent studies on habitat, migrations and population structure, stressing the importance of electronic tagging results in the modification of our perception of bluefin tuna...

Integrating population genetics into community ecology theory is a major goal in ecology and evolution, but analyzing the resulting models is computationally daunting. Here we describe sPEGG (simulating Phenotypic Evolution on General Purpose Graphics Processing Units (GPGPUs)), an open-source, multi-species forward-time population genetics simulator. Using a single commodity GPGPU instead of a...