Unifying concepts of biological function from molecules to ecosystems

Tracking and forecasting ecosystem interactions in real time

(2016) Ethan R. Deyle et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Methods of information theory and algorithmic complexity for network biology

(2016) Hector Zenil et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The complexity of biodiversity: A biological perspective on economic valuation

(2015) K.D. Farnsworth et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Microbiomes of Streptophyte Algae and Bryophytes Suggest That a Functional Suite of Microbiota Fostered Plant Colonization of Land

(2015) J. J. Knack et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Multi-faceted approaches toward unravelling complex ecological networks

(2015) Toshiyuki Namba   POPULATION ECOLOGY

The extended evolutionary synthesis: its structure, assumptions and predictions

(2015) Kevin N. Laland et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Interchange of entire communities: microbial community coalescence

(2015) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Impact of biodiversity loss on production in complex marine food webs mitigated by prey-release

(2015) Tak Fung et al.   Nature Communications

Unifying Species Diversity, Phylogenetic Diversity, Functional Diversity, and Related Similarity and Differentiation Measures Through Hill Numbers

(2014) Anne Chao et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Predicting ecosystem functions from biodiversity and mutualistic networks: an extension of trait-based concepts to plant-animal interactions

(2014) Matthias Schleuning et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Beyond species loss: the extinction of ecological interactions in a changing world

(2014) Alfonso Valiente-Banuet et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Distinguishing between "Function" and "Effect" in Genome Biology

(2014) W. F. Doolittle et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

FORUM: Ecological networks: the missing links in biomonitoring science

(2014) Clare Gray et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Defining functional DNA elements in the human genome

(2014) M. Kellis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tackling soil diversity with the assembly of large, complex metagenomes

(2014) Adina Chuang Howe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Environmental DNA for wildlife biology and biodiversity monitoring

(2014) Kristine Bohmann et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Trait-based approaches for understanding microbial biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

(2014) Sascha Krause et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Living is Information Processing: From Molecules to Global Systems

(2013) Keith D. Farnsworth et al.   ACTA BIOTHEORETICA

Advancing impact prediction and hypothesis testing in invasion ecology using a comparative functional response approach

(2013) Jaimie T. A. Dick et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Limits on ecosystem trophic complexity: insights from ecological network analysis

(2013) Robert E. Ulanowicz et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Molecular ecological network analyses

(2012) Ye Deng et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Functional complexity: The source of value in biodiversity

(2012) Keith D. Farnsworth et al.   Ecological Complexity

More than a meal… integrating non-feeding interactions into food webs

(2012) Sonia Kéfi et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

(2012) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   NATURE

Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome

(2012)   NATURE

Cross-biome metagenomic analyses of soil microbial communities and their functional attributes

(2012) N. Fierer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolutionary Conservation of Species' Roles in Food Webs

(2012) D. B. Stouffer et al.   SCIENCE

Detecting Causality in Complex Ecosystems

(2012) G. Sugihara et al.   SCIENCE

Environmental proteomics, biodiversity statistics and food-web structure

(2012) Nicholas J. Gotelli et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Global estimates of the value of ecosystems and their services in monetary units

(2012) Rudolf de Groot et al.   Ecosystem Services

Context dependence of marine ecosystem engineer invasion impacts on benthic ecosystem functioning

(2011) Ana de Moura Queirós et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services

(2011) Forest Isbell et al.   NATURE

Cause and Effect in Biology Revisited: Is Mayr's Proximate-Ultimate Dichotomy Still Useful?

(2011) K. N. Laland et al.   SCIENCE

Downward causation by information control in micro-organisms

(2011) L. Jaeger et al.   Interface Focus

A theory of biological relativity: no privileged level of causation

(2011) D. Noble   Interface Focus

Top-down causation and emergence: some comments on mechanisms

(2011) G. F. R. Ellis   Interface Focus

Energy rate density as a complexity metric and evolutionary driver

(2010) E. J. Chaisson   COMPLEXITY

THE INSURANCE VALUE OF BIODIVERSITY IN THE PROVISION OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

(2010) STEFAN BAUMGÄRTNER   NATURAL RESOURCE MODELING

Evidence for a functional role of IgE anticitrullinated protein antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis

(2010) A. J. M. Schuerwegh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Perturbations to trophic interactions and the stability of complex food webs

(2009) E. J. O'Gorman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Disentangling the Web of Life

(2009) Jordi Bascompte   SCIENCE

MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS INCREASE THE IMPORTANCE OF BIODIVERSITY FOR OVERALL ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING

(2008) Lars Gamfeldt et al.   ECOLOGY

Top-down causation by information control: from a philosophical problem to a scientific research programme

(2008) G Auletta et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Natural selection for least action

(2008) V. R.I Kaila et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES