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Andrew Hector
University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

Faculty Member: Ecology > Community Ecology & Biodiversity [ since 17 December 2004 ]
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Sponsorship

Andrew Hector sponsors free access to F1000 for Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Sabah, Malaysia. Supporting F1000's initiative to make itself available to scientists in all countries, including free access to developing countries (more details).

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Evaluations

Effects of algal diversity on the production of biomass in homogeneous and heterogeneous nutrient environments: a microcosm experiment.
Weis JJ, Madrigal DS, Cardinale BJ
PLoS ONE 2008 3(7):e2825 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Andrew Hector
Evaluated 20 Aug 2008

Long-term resistance to simulated climate change in an infertile grassland.
Grime JP, Fridley JD, …, Hodgson JG, Bennett CR
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 Jul 22 105(29):10028-32 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Andrew Hector with Yann Hautier
Evaluated 15 Aug 2008

Multiple functions increase the importance of biodiversity for overall ecosystem functioning.
Gamfeldt L, Hillebrand H, Jonsson PR
Ecology 2008 89:1223-1231 [full text]
Selected by | Andrew Hector
Evaluated 28 May 2008

Higher effect of plant species diversity on productivity in natural than artificial ecosystems.
Flombaum P, Sala OE
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 Apr 22 105(16):6087-90 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Andrew Hector
Evaluated 28 Apr 2008

Trophically Unique Species Are Vulnerable to Cascading Extinction.
Petchey O, Eklöf A, Borrvall C, Ebenman B
Am Nat 2008 171:568-579 [full text]
Selected by | Andrew Hector
Evaluated 14 Apr 2008

Why most published research findings are false.
Ioannidis JP
PLoS Med 2005 Aug 2(8):e124 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Marjori Matzke / Andreas Wagner / Charles Auffray / Andrew Hector
Dissenters | David Sassoon
Author Response | John Ioannidis
Evaluated 29 Feb 2008



Land Clearing and the Biofuel Carbon Debt.
Fargione J, Hill J, …, Polasky S, Hawthorne P
Science 2008 Feb 7 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text]
Selected by | Andrew Hector
Evaluated 25 Feb 2008

Loss of plant species after chronic low-level nitrogen deposition to prairie grasslands.
Clark CM, Tilman D
Nature 2008 Feb 7 451(7179):712-5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Andrew Hector
Evaluated 21 Feb 2008

Contributions to accelerating atmospheric CO2 growth from economic activity, carbon intensity, and efficiency of natural sinks.
Canadell JG, Le Quéré C, …, Houghton RA, Marland G
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 Nov 20 104(47):18866-70 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Rik Leemans / Andrew Hector / Evan DeLucia / Dennis Baldocchi / Christian Korner / Jennifer Dungan
Evaluated 14 Nov 2007

Resolving the biodiversity paradox.
Clark JS, Dietze M, …, LaDeau S, Wolosin M
Ecol Lett 2007 Aug 10(8):647-59; discussion 659-62 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Andrew Gonzalez / Jonathan Shurin / Andrew Hector
Evaluated 24 Jul 2007

Grassland species loss resulting from reduced niche dimension.
Harpole WS, Tilman D
Nature 2007 Apr 12 446(7137):791-3 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Andrew Hector / Mathew Leibold
Evaluated 7 Jun 2007

Carbon-negative biofuels from low-input high-diversity grassland biomass.
Tilman D, Hill J, Lehman C
Science 2006 Dec 8 314(5805):1598-600 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Evan DeLucia / Joy Ward / J. Emmett Duffy / Andrew Hector / Judy Wall
Evaluated 20 Feb 2007

Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services.
Worm B, Barbier EB, …, Stachowicz JJ, Watson R
Science 2006 Nov 3 314(5800):787-90 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Andrew Hector
Evaluated 20 Nov 2006

Brown ground: a soil carbon analogue for the green world hypothesis?
Allison SD
Am Nat 2006 May 167(5):619-27 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Andrew Hector
Evaluated 13 Sep 2006

The influence of productivity on the species richness of plants: a critical assessment.
Gillman LN, Wright SD
Ecology 2006 May 87(5):1234-43 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [order article]
Selected by | Andrew Hector
Evaluated 22 Aug 2006

The importance of demographic niches to tree diversity.
Condit R, Ashton P, …, Villa G, Zillio T
Science 2006 Jul 7 313(5783):98-101 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Andrew Hector
Evaluated 1 Aug 2006

Biodiversity and ecosystem stability in a decade-long grassland experiment.
Tilman D, Reich PB, Knops JM
Nature 2006 Jun 1 441(7093):629-32 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Andrew Hector
Evaluated 19 Jun 2006

Asymmetric coevolutionary networks facilitate biodiversity maintenance.
Bascompte J, Jordano P, Olesen JM
Science 2006 Apr 21 312(5772):431-3 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | John Thompson / Oswald Schmitz / Andrew Hector
Evaluated 16 May 2006

Parasitic plants indirectly regulate below-ground properties in grassland ecosystems.
Bardgett RD, Smith RS, …, Quirk H, Hobbs PJ
Nature 2006 Feb 23 439(7079):969-72 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Valerie Eviner / Maurice Sabelis / Andrew Hector
Evaluated 11 Apr 2006

Functional diversity of plant-pollinator interaction webs enhances the persistence of plant communities.
Fontaine C, Dajoz I, Meriguet J, Loreau M
PLoS Biol 2006 Jan 4(1):e1 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Gary Luck / Andrew Hector
Evaluated 10 Apr 2006

Density dependence explains tree species abundance and diversity in tropical forests.
Volkov I, Banavar JR, …, Hubbell SP, Maritan A
Nature 2005 Dec 1 438(7068):658-61 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | H Charles J Godfray / Andrew Hector
Evaluated 30 Jan 2006

Determinants of woody cover in African savannas.
Sankaran M, Hanan NP, …, Worden J, Zambatis N
Nature 2005 Dec 8 438(7069):846-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Robert Jackson / Andrew Hector
Evaluated 9 Jan 2006

Species loss and aboveground carbon storage in a tropical forest.
Bunker DE, Declerck F, …, Sankaran M, Naeem S
Science 2005 Nov 11 310(5750):1029-31 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | George Hurtt / Andrew Hector
Evaluated 4 Jan 2006

Endangered plants persist under phosphorus limitation.
Wassen MJ, Venterink HO, Lapshina ED, Tanneberger F
Nature 2005 Sep 22 437(7058):547-50 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Andrew Hector
Evaluated 13 Dec 2005

The contribution of species richness and composition to bacterial services.
Bell T, Newman JA, …, Turner SL, Lilley AK
Nature 2005 Aug 25 436(7054):1157-60 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Anne Magurran / Andrew Hector
Evaluated 3 Nov 2005

The illusion of invariant quantities in life histories.
Nee S, Colegrave N, West SA, Grafen A
Science 2005 Aug 19 309(5738):1236-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Sunetra Gupta / Andre de Roos / Nigel Yoccoz / Mark Rees / Andrew Hector
Evaluated 1 Nov 2005

Interpreting the 'selection effect' of biodiversity on ecosystem function.
Fox JW
Ecol Lett 2005 8:846-856 [order article]
Selected by | Andrew Hector
Evaluated 7 Sep 2005

Effects of landscape corridors on seed dispersal by birds.
Levey DJ, Bolker BM, …, Sargent S, Haddad NM
Science 2005 Jul 1 309(5731):146-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Jonathan Chase / Andrew Hector
Evaluated 29 Jul 2005

A critical review of twenty years' use of the resource-ratio theory.
Miller TE, Burns JH, …, Mouquet N, Buckley HL
Am Nat 2005 Apr 165(4):439-48 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Andre de Roos / Andrew Hector / Jonathan Chase
Evaluated 8 Jul 2005

Species diversity can drive speciation.
Emerson BC, Kolm N
Nature 2005 Apr 21 434(7036):1015-7 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Andrew Hector / Richard Cowling
Evaluated 2 Jun 2005

Introduced predators transform subarctic islands from grassland to tundra.
Croll DA, Maron JL, …, Danner EM, Byrd GV
Science 2005 Mar 25 307(5717):1959-61 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Jonathan Chase / Robert Paine / Michael Pace / Andrew Hector / Michael Bonsall / John Pastor
Evaluated 22 Apr 2005

Diversity-productivity relationships: initial effects, long-term patterns, and underlying mechanisms.
van Ruijven J, Berendse F
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 Jan 18 102(3):695-700 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Andrew Hector
Evaluated 8 Mar 2005

Extinction and ecosystem function in the marine benthos.
Solan M, Cardinale BJ, …, Ruesink JL, Srivastava DS
Science 2004 Nov 12 306(5699):1177-80 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Andrew Hector / Roberta Marinelli
Evaluated 8 Feb 2005

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