J. Vandermeer

Complex interspecific interactions influence the interactions between pest control and pollination in coffee agroecosystems.

The paper examines interactions between pollination and pest control in coffee agroecosystems, finding additive effects and indirect influences from nitrogen-fixing shade trees on pest control.

Interplay between harvesting, planting density and ripening time affects coffee leaf rust dispersal and infection

This study models how coffee harvesters' movement patterns, influenced by planting density and ripening time, affect coffee leaf rust dispersal and infection levels.

Above- and below-ground links mediated by arboreal ants and host tree modify soil aggregation scaling, infiltration, and chemistry

This study examines how arboreal ant nesting affects soil properties like aggregation, infiltration, and chemistry through indirect interactions with host trees and ground ants.

Keystone competitor creates spatial patterns of biodiversity

The paper shows that a keystone ant competitor increases local species richness near its presence and decreases it with distance in coffee habitats.

High-order interactions maintain or enhance structural robustness of a coffee agroecosystem network

The paper tests whether high-order interactions enhance the robustness of a coffee agroecosystem network and proposes methods to represent and measure such interactions.

Spatial structure and pathogen epidemics: the influence of management and stochasticity in agroecosystems

This study models spatial structure in coffee agroecosystems and shows how management practices influence pathogen spread and disease dynamics.

Viewing communities as coupled oscillators: elementary forms from Lotka and Volterra to Kuramoto

The paper compares the dynamics of ecological communities modeled by Lotka-Volterra equations and Kuramoto models, finding similar behaviors across different coupling arrangements.

From Metapopulation to Metacommunity and the Complications of Community Structure

The paper examines metacommunity dynamics by showing that migration can lead to predator extinction in tropical leaf litter communities, corroborating findings from temperate communities.