Andrew P. Allen

TL;DR: This work has developed a quantitative theory for how metabolic rate varies with body size and temperature, and predicts how metabolic theory predicts how this rate controls ecological processes at all levels of organization from individuals to the biosphere.

TL;DR: Two major hypotheses for the origin of the latitudinal diversity gradient are reviewed, including the time and area hypothesis and the diversification rate hypothesis, which hold that tropical regions diversify faster due to higher rates of speciation, or due to lower extinction rates.

TL;DR: The mounting evidence for the importance of niche conservatism to major topics in ecology and conservation and other areas where it may be important but has generally been overlooked is described.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that the average energy flux of populations is temperature invariant and derive a model that quantitatively predicts how species diversity increases with environmental temperature, supported by data for terrestrial, freshwater, and marine taxa along latitudinal and elevational gradients.

TL;DR: Seasonal variations in CH4 emissions from a wide range of ecosystems exhibit an average temperature dependence similar to that of CH4 production derived from pure cultures of methanogens and anaerobic microbial communities, suggesting that global warming may have a large impact on the relative contributions of CO2 and CH4 to total greenhouse gas emissions from aquatic ecosystems, terrestrial wetlands and rice paddies.