Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

Ecological Disturbance02:26

Ecological Disturbance

21.2K
An ecological disturbance is a temporary disruption in the environment resulting from abiotic, biotic, or anthropogenic factors, causing a pronounced change in an ecosystem. The impact of an ecological disturbance, which can depend on its intensity, frequency, and spatial distribution, plays a significant role in shaping the species diversity within the ecosystem.
21.2K
Ecological Succession02:17

Ecological Succession

21.7K
Ecological succession is influenced by the processes of facilitation, inhibition, and toleration. Facilitation occurs when early successional species create more favorable ecological conditions for subsequent species, such as enhanced nutrient, water, or light availability. In contrast, inhibition happens when early successional species create unfavorable ecological conditions for potential successive species, such as limiting resource availability. In some cases, later successional species...
21.7K
Ecological Niches02:02

Ecological Niches

26.8K
All organisms have a position within an ecosystem. The complete set of living and nonliving factors—including food resources, climate, and terrain—that define the position of a given organism are collectively referred to as the organism’s ecological niche.
26.8K
What are Populations and Communities?00:30

What are Populations and Communities?

38.1K
Overview
38.1K
Increasing Function01:18

Increasing Function

403
An increasing function exhibits a rise in output values as input values increase. This behavior is depicted graphically as a curve or line that slopes upward from left to right. Such a function satisfies the condition that if x1 < x2, then f(x1) < f(x2), indicating that the function values grow with increasing inputs. This concept is fundamental in understanding growth trends across various domains, such as population dynamics, financial investments, or resource consumption.The...
403
Increased Body Temperature01:25

Increased Body Temperature

7.5K
A body temperature above  38°C  (100.4 °F) is known as fever or pyrexia, and a person with fever is termed 'febrile.' Typically, the hypothalamus, a part of the brain that acts as the body's thermostat, regulates body temperature through a thermoregulatory setpoint. It receives signals from cold and warm thermal receptors throughout the body and adjusts the body's temperature accordingly. Fever occurs when this hypothalamic setpoint is altered, usually in...
7.5K

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Cost-effectiveness of Total Versus Supracervical Hysterectomy at Sacrocolpopexy.

Urogynecology (Philadelphia, Pa.)·2026
Same author

Trait-mediated interactions drive local diversity.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·2026
Same author

Histological study to assess CO<sub>2</sub> laser therapy for the treatment of vaginal atrophy.

European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology·2026
Same author

Beta-3 Agonists Versus Anticholinergics: A Cost-effectiveness Analysis.

Urogynecology (Philadelphia, Pa.)·2026
Same author

Precipitation variability interacts with mean precipitation to restructure a semiarid grassland community.

Ecology·2026
Same author

Warming Reduces the Positive Effect of Nitrogen Addition on Soil Organic Carbon in Grasslands.

Ecology letters·2026

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Feb 15, 2026

Sampling Soils in a Heterogeneous Research Plot
07:11

Sampling Soils in a Heterogeneous Research Plot

Published on: January 7, 2019

35.9K

Temporal heterogeneity increases with spatial heterogeneity in ecological communities.

Scott L Collins1, Meghan L Avolio2, Corinna Gries3

  • 1Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131, USA.

Ecology
|January 21, 2018
PubMed
Summary

Spatial heterogeneity in species composition can predict temporal heterogeneity in ecological communities. This finding suggests a general property across many terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, aiding in ecosystem stability predictions.

Keywords:
CommDyn Databasecommunity dynamicsfreshwater ecosystemsheterogeneitylifespanspecies abundanceterrestrial ecosystems

More Related Videos

Methods for Characterizing the Co-development of Biofilm and Habitat Heterogeneity
09:21

Methods for Characterizing the Co-development of Biofilm and Habitat Heterogeneity

Published on: March 11, 2015

10.6K
Laser Capture Microdissection of Glioma Subregions for Spatial and Molecular Characterization of Intratumoral Heterogeneity, Oncostreams, and Invasion
09:09

Laser Capture Microdissection of Glioma Subregions for Spatial and Molecular Characterization of Intratumoral Heterogeneity, Oncostreams, and Invasion

Published on: April 12, 2020

7.5K

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Feb 15, 2026

Sampling Soils in a Heterogeneous Research Plot
07:11

Sampling Soils in a Heterogeneous Research Plot

Published on: January 7, 2019

35.9K
Methods for Characterizing the Co-development of Biofilm and Habitat Heterogeneity
09:21

Methods for Characterizing the Co-development of Biofilm and Habitat Heterogeneity

Published on: March 11, 2015

10.6K
Laser Capture Microdissection of Glioma Subregions for Spatial and Molecular Characterization of Intratumoral Heterogeneity, Oncostreams, and Invasion
09:09

Laser Capture Microdissection of Glioma Subregions for Spatial and Molecular Characterization of Intratumoral Heterogeneity, Oncostreams, and Invasion

Published on: April 12, 2020

7.5K

Area of Science:

  • Ecology
  • Environmental Science

Background:

  • Ecological systems are fundamentally characterized by heterogeneity.
  • Understanding temporal community heterogeneity is crucial for predicting ecosystem functions and services under global change.
  • Spatial heterogeneity is often used in alternative stable state theory to predict temporal heterogeneity and regime shifts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate if spatial heterogeneity in species composition predicts temporal heterogeneity in ecological communities.
  • To analyze the relationship between spatial and temporal heterogeneity across diverse ecosystems.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of 68 community datasets from freshwater and terrestrial systems.
  • Replication of species abundance measures over both space and time.
  • Mixed model analysis to assess the overall relationship.

Main Results:

  • A weak to strongly positive relationship between spatial and temporal heterogeneity was observed in 81% of the datasets.
  • A significant, albeit weak, overall positive relationship was found across all datasets.
  • Lifespan and successional stage were negatively and positively related to temporal heterogeneity, respectively.

Conclusions:

  • Spatial heterogeneity may serve as a predictor of temporal heterogeneity in ecological communities.
  • This relationship appears to be a general property in many terrestrial and aquatic communities.
  • Findings contribute to understanding ecosystem stability and predicting regime shifts.