Y. R. Zelnik

Savanna-forest dynamics: Encroachment speed, model inference and spatial simulations

This paper calibrates a reaction-diffusion model of savanna-forest dynamics using remote sensing data, estimating forest front speeds and woody biomass dispersal coefficients.

Primary productivity in subsidized green-brown food webs

The paper models nutrient subsidies' effects on net primary productivity in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, showing that subsidy quality and ecosystem properties influence productivity.

Linking intrinsic scales of ecological processes to characteristic scales of biodiversity and functioning patterns

This study uses simulations to explore how different ecological process scales affect biodiversity and ecosystem functioning patterns, finding that dispersal and species interactions have opposing effects on spatial heterogeneity.

Scaling up biodiversity ecosystem functioning relationships: the role of environmental heterogeneity in space and time

This study uses a Lotka-Volterra model to show that biodiversity required for ecosystem functioning increases with spatial or temporal scale, especially when environmental autocorrelation is low.

The three regimes of spatial recovery

The paper identifies three recovery regimes in spatially structured ecosystems and their implications for population stability and response to disturbances.