Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:14:45 BST CiteULike: yuhc's library [107 articles] http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc CiteULike.org en-gb Copyright © 2004-2008 citeulike.org http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2846660 <i>Science, Vol. 320, No. 5880. (30 May 2008), 1133.</i><br /><br />10.1126/science.1160201 Education to Protect Humanity David Hamburg doi:10.1126/science.1160201 Science, Vol. 320, No. 5880. (30 May 2008), 1133. 2008-05-30T06:35:21-00:00 2008 Science 320 5880 1133 sciencemag http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2693926 <i>Science, Vol. 320, No. 5874. (18 April 2008), 312b.</i><br /><br />10.1126/science.320.5874.312b Scientists, We Need Your Swords! John Bohannon doi:10.1126/science.320.5874.312b Science, Vol. 320, No. 5874. (18 April 2008), 312b. 2008-04-21T01:21:00-00:00 2008 Science 320 5874 312b sciencemag http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2680045 <i>Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7189. (16 April 2008), pp. 813-814.</i> Bedtime reading Jim Horne doi:10.1038/452813a Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7189. (16 April 2008), pp. 813-814. 2008-04-17T05:20:06-00:00 2008 Nature 0028-0836 452 7189 813 814 Nature Publishing Group nature http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2680036 <i>Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7189. (16 April 2008), pp. 825-826.</i> Ecology: Destabilized fish stocks Nils Tristan Rouyer doi:10.1038/452825a Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7189. (16 April 2008), pp. 825-826. 2008-04-17T05:20:06-00:00 2008 Nature 0028-0836 452 7189 825 826 Nature Publishing Group nature http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2680051 <i>Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7189. (16 April 2008), pp. 810-811.</i> Tibetan wildlife is getting used to the railway Qisen Yang Lin Xia doi:10.1038/452810c Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7189. (16 April 2008), pp. 810-811. 2008-04-17T05:20:06-00:00 2008 Nature 0028-0836 452 7189 810 811 Nature Publishing Group nature http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2572547 <i>Oikos, Vol. 117, No. 4. (April 2008), pp. 488-493.</i> On the importance of the negative selection effect for the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning Jiang Lin Pu Zhichao Nemergut R Diana doi:10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16401.x Oikos, Vol. 117, No. 4. (April 2008), pp. 488-493. 2008-03-22T17:07:58-00:00 2008 Oikos 0030-1299 117 4 488 493 Blackwell Publishing others http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2564246 <i>Oikos, Vol. 117, No. 4. (2008), pp. 484-487.</i><br /><br />Publication output is the standard by which scientific productivity is evaluated. Despite a plethora of papers on the issue of publication and citation biases, no study has so far considered a possible effect of social activities on publication output. One of the most frequent social activities in the world is drinking alcohol. In Europe, most alcohol is consumed as beer and, based on well known negative effects of alcohol consumption on cognitive performance, I predicted negative correlations between beer consumption and several measures of scientific performance. Using a survey from the Czech Republic, that has the highest per capita beer consumption rate in the world, I show that increasing per capita beer consumption is associated with lower numbers of papers, total citations, and citations per paper (a surrogate measure of paper quality). In addition I found the same predicted trends in comparison of two separate geographic areas within the Czech Republic that are also known to differ in beer consumption rates. These correlations are consistent with the possibility that leisure time social activities might influence the quality and quantity of scientific work and may be potential sources of publication and citation biases. A possible role of social activity to explain differences in publication output among ecologists Tomas Grim doi:10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16551.x Oikos, Vol. 117, No. 4. (2008), pp. 484-487. 2008-03-19T21:34:00-00:00 2008 Oikos 117 4 484 487 others http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2568405 <i>Science, Vol. 319, No. 5870. (21 March 2008), pp. 1687-1688.</i><br /><br />Although much research has examined the effect of income on happiness, we suggest that how people spend their money may be at least as important as how much money they earn. Specifically, we hypothesized that spending money on other people may have a more positive impact on happiness than spending money on oneself. Providing converging evidence for this hypothesis, we found that spending more of one's income on others predicted greater happiness both cross-sectionally (in a nationally representative survey study) and longitudinally (in a field study of windfall spending). Finally, participants who were randomly assigned to spend money on others experienced greater happiness than those assigned to spend money on themselves. 10.1126/science.1150952 Spending Money on Others Promotes Happiness Elizabeth Dunn Lara Aknin Michael Norton doi:10.1126/science.1150952 Science, Vol. 319, No. 5870. (21 March 2008), pp. 1687-1688. 2008-03-21T02:18:22-00:00 2008 Science 319 5870 1687 1688 sciencemag http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2663268 <i>Science, Vol. 319, No. 5871. (28 March 2008), pp. 1744-1745.</i><br /><br />10.1126/science.319.5871.1744 GLOBAL CHANGE: Roads, Ports, Rails Aren't Ready for Changing Climate, Says Report Eli Kintisch doi:10.1126/science.319.5871.1744 Science, Vol. 319, No. 5871. (28 March 2008), pp. 1744-1745. 2008-04-13T10:07:26-00:00 2008 Science 319 5871 1744 1745 sciencemag http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2660055 <i>Science, Vol. 320, No. 5872. (4 April 2008), pp. 47b-50.</i><br /><br />10.1126/science.320.5872.47b The Role of Fisheries-Induced Evolution Howard Browman Richard Law Tara Marshall; Anna Kuparinen Merila Christian Jorgensen Katja Enberg Erin Dunlop Robert Arlinghaus David Boukal Keith Brander Bruno Ernande Anna Gardmark Fiona Johnston Shuichi Matsumura Heidi Pardoe Kristina Raab Alexandra Silva Anssi Vainikka Ulf Dieckmann Mikko Heino Adriaan Rijnsdorp doi:10.1126/science.320.5872.47b Science, Vol. 320, No. 5872. (4 April 2008), pp. 47b-50. 2008-04-12T13:45:19-00:00 2008 Science 320 5872 47b 50 sciencemag http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2660054 <i>Science, Vol. 320, No. 5873. (11 April 2008), 180.</i><br /><br />10.1126/science.1155994 ECOLOGY: Return to Natural History Raphael Sagarin doi:10.1126/science.1155994 Science, Vol. 320, No. 5873. (11 April 2008), 180. 2008-04-12T13:44:35-00:00 2008 Science 320 5873 180 sciencemag http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2659972 <i>Science, Vol. 320, No. 5872. (4 April 2008), pp. 62-63.</i><br /><br />10.1126/science.1153825 MUSIC THEORY: Creating Musical Variation Diana Dabby doi:10.1126/science.1153825 Science, Vol. 320, No. 5872. (4 April 2008), pp. 62-63. 2008-04-12T12:22:28-00:00 2008 Science 320 5872 62 63 sciencemag http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2659971 <i>Science, Vol. 320, No. 5873. (11 April 2008), pp. 176b-177.</i><br /><br />10.1126/science.320.5873.176b Vegetation's Role in Coastal Protection Rusty Feagin; Edward Barbier Evamaria Koch Brian Silliman Sally Hacker Eric Wolanski Jurgenne Primavera Elise Granek Stephen Polasky Shankar Aswani Lori Cramer David Stoms Chris Kennedy David Bael Carrie Kappel Gerardo Perillo Denise Reed doi:10.1126/science.320.5873.176b Science, Vol. 320, No. 5873. (11 April 2008), pp. 176b-177. 2008-04-12T12:22:02-00:00 2008 Science 320 5873 176b 177 sciencemag http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2653440 <i>Science, Vol. 320, No. 5873. (11 April 2008), 181.</i><br /><br />10.1126/science.1154162 MATHEMATICS: Connecting the Dots Stephan Mertens doi:10.1126/science.1154162 Science, Vol. 320, No. 5873. (11 April 2008), 181. 2008-04-11T11:00:03-00:00 2008 Science 320 5873 181 sciencemag http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2659969 <i>Science, Vol. 320, No. 5873. (11 April 2008), 189.</i><br /><br />10.1126/science.1158220 RETROSPECTIVE: Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) Joseph Pelton John Logsdon doi:10.1126/science.1158220 Science, Vol. 320, No. 5873. (11 April 2008), 189. 2008-04-12T12:21:05-00:00 2008 Science 320 5873 189 sciencemag http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2653614 <i>Science, Vol. 320, No. 5872. (4 April 2008), 47a.</i><br /><br />10.1126/science.320.5872.47a Conserving Top Predators in Ecosystems Guillaume Chapron Henrik Andren Olof Liberg doi:10.1126/science.320.5872.47a Science, Vol. 320, No. 5872. (4 April 2008), 47a. 2008-04-11T12:16:36-00:00 2008 Science 320 5872 47a sciencemag http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2653600 <i>Science, Vol. 319, No. 5871. (28 March 2008), pp. 1748a-1749.</i><br /><br />10.1126/science.319.5871.1748a CHEN ZHU INTERVIEW: China's Modern Medical Minister Richard Stone doi:10.1126/science.319.5871.1748a Science, Vol. 319, No. 5871. (28 March 2008), pp. 1748a-1749. 2008-04-11T12:11:54-00:00 2008 Science 319 5871 1748a 1749 sciencemag http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2648685 <i>Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7188. (10 April 2008), pp. 665-665.</i> The path to productive partnerships doi:10.1038/452665a Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7188. (10 April 2008), pp. 665-665. 2008-04-10T09:06:28-00:00 2008 Nature 452 7188 665 665 Nature Publishing Group nature http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2649675 <i>Science, Vol. 319, No. 5870. (21 March 2008), pp. 1691-1696.</i><br /><br />10.1126/science.319.5870.1691 BUSINESS OFFICE FEATURE: Focus on Careers: EXODUS TO ASIA: Research Opportunities Abound Julie Clayton doi:10.1126/science.319.5870.1691 Science, Vol. 319, No. 5870. (21 March 2008), pp. 1691-1696. 2008-04-10T15:05:12-00:00 2008 Science 319 5870 1691 1696 sciencemag http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2626778 <i>Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7187. (02 April 2008), pp. 535-535.</i> Film: Celluloid explores life of graduate student killer Emma Marris doi:10.1038/452535a Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7187. (02 April 2008), pp. 535-535. 2008-04-03T16:42:36-00:00 2008 Nature 0028-0836 452 7187 535 535 Nature Publishing Group nature http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2350799 <i>Nature, Vol. 451, No. 7179. (06 February 2008), pp. 632-634.</i> Darwin's enduring legacy Kevin Padian doi:10.1038/451632a Nature, Vol. 451, No. 7179. (06 February 2008), pp. 632-634. 2008-02-08T00:40:44-00:00 2008 Nature 0028-0836 451 7179 632 634 Nature Publishing Group evolution nature http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2648718 <i>Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7188. (10 April 2008), pp. 692-694.</i> Biology from the bottom up Steven Benner doi:10.1038/452692a Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7188. (10 April 2008), pp. 692-694. 2008-04-10T09:16:36-00:00 2008 Nature 452 7188 692 694 Nature Publishing Group nature http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2643894 <i>Science, Vol. 308, No. 5721. (22 April 2005), 483a.</i><br /><br />10.1126/science.308.5721.483a GERMAN SCIENCE: Plan to Boost University Research Caught in Political Crossfire Gretchen Vogel doi:10.1126/science.308.5721.483a Science, Vol. 308, No. 5721. (22 April 2005), 483a. 2008-04-09T07:39:46-00:00 2005 Science 308 5721 483a sciencemag http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2568677 <i>Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7185. (19 March 2008), pp. 282-282.</i> Qualities of a lone author are beneficial to science Kevin Hallock doi:10.1038/452282e Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7185. (19 March 2008), pp. 282-282. 2008-03-21T04:33:21-00:00 2008 Nature 0028-0836 452 7185 282 282 Nature Publishing Group nature http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2643823 <i>Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7185. (20 March 2008), pp. 282-282.</i> Growth of activism calls for more thoughtful solutions doi:10.1038/452282c Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7185. (20 March 2008), pp. 282-282. 2008-04-09T07:07:35-00:00 2008 Nature 452 7185 282 282 Nature Publishing Group nature http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2568678 <i>Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7185. (19 March 2008), pp. 282-282.</i> How genetic censorship would harm everyone Marcelino Fuentes doi:10.1038/452282d Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7185. (19 March 2008), pp. 282-282. 2008-03-21T04:33:21-00:00 2008 Nature 0028-0836 452 7185 282 282 Nature Publishing Group nature http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2568680 <i>Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7185. (19 March 2008), pp. 282-282.</i> Wildlife disease can put conservation at risk Darrick Evensen doi:10.1038/452282a Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7185. (19 March 2008), pp. 282-282. 2008-03-21T04:33:21-00:00 2008 Nature 0028-0836 452 7185 282 282 Nature Publishing Group nature http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2568671 <i>Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7185. (19 March 2008), pp. 289-289.</i> Galileo the artist Thomas de Padova doi:10.1038/452289b Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7185. (19 March 2008), pp. 289-289. 2008-03-21T04:33:21-00:00 2008 Nature 0028-0836 452 7185 289 289 Nature Publishing Group nature http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2568672 <i>Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7185. (19 March 2008), pp. 289-289.</i> Exhibition: Water works Nick Thomas doi:10.1038/452289a Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7185. (19 March 2008), pp. 289-289. 2008-03-21T04:33:21-00:00 2008 Nature 0028-0836 452 7185 289 289 Nature Publishing Group nature http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/582348 <i>Science, Vol. 312, No. 5770. (7 April 2006), pp. 60-61.</i><br /><br />10.1126/science.1126398 SOCIAL SCIENCE: Enhanced: Cooperation, Punishment, and the Evolution of Human Institutions Joseph Henrich doi:10.1126/science.1126398 Science, Vol. 312, No. 5770. (7 April 2006), pp. 60-61. 2006-04-11T20:21:59-00:00 2006 Science 312 5770 60 61 cooperation sciencemag http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/730941 <i>(1990)</i> CANOCO - a Fortran program for canonical community ordination by correspondence analysis, principal components analysis and redundancy analysis Ter Braak (1990) 2006-07-02T14:06:38-00:00 1990 Agricultural Mathematics Group multivariate http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/1991490 <i>Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Vol. In Press, Corrected Proof</i><br /><br />Garrett Hardin's tragedy of the commons is an analogy that shows how individuals driven by self-interest can end up destroying the resource upon which they all depend. The proposed solutions for humans rely on highly advanced skills such as negotiation, which raises the question of how non-human organisms manage to resolve similar tragedies. In recent years, this question has promoted evolutionary biologists to apply the tragedy of the commons to a wide range of biological systems. Here, we provide tools to categorize different types of tragedy and review different mechanisms, including kinship, policing and diminishing returns that can resolve conflicts that could otherwise end in tragedy. A central open question, however, is how often biological systems are able to resolve these scenarios rather than drive themselves extinct through individual-level selection favouring self-interested behaviours. The tragedy of the commons in evolutionary biology Daniel Rankin Katja Bargum Hanna Kokko doi:10.1016/j.tree.2007.07.009 Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Vol. In Press, Corrected Proof 2007-11-27T08:16:23-00:00 Trends in Ecology & Evolution In Press, Corrected Proof cooperation evolution http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/898673 <i>Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, Vol. 103, No. 11. (14 March 2006), pp. 3994-3998.</i><br /><br />Maintaining the Earth's climate within habitable boundaries is probably the greatest "public goods game" played by humans. However, with >6 billion "players" taking part, the game seems to rule out individual altruistic behavior. Thus, climate protection is a problem of sustaining a public resource that everybody is free to overuse, a "tragedy of the commons" problem that emerges in many social dilemmas. We perform a previously undescribed type of public goods experiment with human subjects contributing to a public pool. In contrast to the standard protocol, here the common pool is not divided among the participants; instead, it is promised that the pool will be invested to encourage people to reduce their fossil fuel use. Our extensive experiments demonstrate that players can behave altruistically to maintain the Earth's climate given the right set of circumstances. We find a nonzero basic level of altruistic behavior, which is enhanced if the players are provided with expert information describing the state of knowledge in climate research. Furthermore, personal investments in climate protection increase substantially if players can invest publicly, thus gaining social reputation. This increase occurs because subjects reward other subjects' contributions to sustaining the climate, thus reinforcing their altruism. Therefore, altruism may convert to net personal benefit and to relaxing the dilemma if the gain in reputation is large enough. Our finding that people reward contributions to sustaining the climate of others is a surprising result. There are obvious ways these unexpected findings can be applied on a large scale. Stabilizing the earth's climate is not a losing game: supporting evidence from public goods experiments. M Milinski D Semmann HJ Krambeck J Marotzke doi:10.1073/pnas.0504902103 Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, Vol. 103, No. 11. (14 March 2006), pp. 3994-3998. 2006-10-16T02:15:03-00:00 2006 Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 0027-8424 103 11 3994 3998 milinski http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2568666 <i>Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7185. (19 March 2008), pp. 297-298.</i> Human behaviour: Punisher pays Manfred Milinski Bettina Rockenbach doi:10.1038/452297a Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7185. (19 March 2008), pp. 297-298. 2008-03-21T04:33:21-00:00 2008 Nature 0028-0836 452 7185 297 298 Nature Publishing Group milinski nature http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2574454 <i>(12 April 2007)</i><br /><br />Robert May's seminal book has played a central role in the development of ecological science. Originally published in 1976, this influential text has overseen the transition of ecology from an observational and descriptive subject to one with a solid conceptual core. Indeed, it is a testament to its influence that a great deal of the novel material presented in the earlier editions has now been incorporated into standard undergraduate textbooks. It is now a quarter of a century since the publication of the second edition, and a thorough revision is timely. Theoretical Ecology provides a succinct, up-to-date overview of the field set in the context of applications, thereby bridging the traditional division of theory and practice. It describes the recent advances in our understanding of how interacting populations of plants and animals change over time and space, in response to natural or human-created disturbance. In an integrated way, initial chapters give an account of the basic principles governing the structure, function, and temporal and spatial dynamics of populations and communities of plants and animals. Later chapters outline applications of these ideas to practical issues including fisheries, infectious diseases, tomorrow's food supplies, climate change, and conservation biology. Throughout the book, emphasis is placed on questions which as yet remain unanswered. The editors have invited the top scientists in the field to collaborate with the next generation of theoretical ecologists. The result is an accessible, advanced textbook suitable for senior undergraduate and graduate level students as well as researchers in the fields of ecology, mathematical biology, environment and resources management. It will also be of interest to the general reader seeking a better understanding of a range of global environmental problems. Theoretical Ecology: Principles and Applications Robert May Angela Mclean (12 April 2007) 2008-03-23T11:51:38-00:00 2007 Oxford University Press, USA others http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/1746813 <i>(29 September 2006)</i><br /><br /><p> At a time of unprecedented expansion in the life sciences, evolution is the one theory that transcends all of biology. Any observation of a living system must ultimately be interpreted in the context of its evolution. Evolutionary change is the consequence of mutation and natural selection, which are two concepts that can be described by mathematical equations.<i>Evolutionary Dynamics</i> is concerned with these equations of life. In this book, Martin Nowak draws on the languages of biology and mathematics to outline the mathematical principles according to which life evolves. His work introduces readers to the powerful yet simple laws that govern the evolution of living systems, no matter how complicated they might seem. </p><p> Evolution has become a mathematical theory, Nowak suggests, and any idea of an evolutionary process or mechanism should be studied in the context of the mathematical equations of evolutionary dynamics. His book presents a range of analytical tools that can be used to this end: fitness landscapes, mutation matrices, genomic sequence space, random drift, quasispecies, replicators, the Prisoner's Dilemma, games in finite and infinite populations, evolutionary graph theory, games on grids, evolutionary kaleidoscopes, fractals, and spatial chaos. Nowak then shows how evolutionary dynamics applies to critical real-world problems, including the progression of viral diseases such as AIDS, the virulence of infectious agents, the unpredictable mutations that lead to cancer, the evolution of altruism, and even the evolution of human language. His book makes a clear and compelling case for understanding every living system--and everything that arises as a consequence of living systems--in terms of evolutionary dynamics. </p> Evolutionary Dynamics: Exploring the Equations of Life Martin Nowak (29 September 2006) 2007-10-09T18:33:40-00:00 2006 Belknap Press nowak http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2564238 <i>Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7185. (20 March 2008), pp. 348-351.</i> Winners don/'t punish Anna Dreber David Rand Drew Fudenberg Martin Nowak doi:10.1038/nature06723 Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7185. (20 March 2008), pp. 348-351. 2008-03-19T21:27:06-00:00 2008 Nature 452 7185 348 351 Nature Publishing Group nature nowak http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2568674 <i>Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7185. (19 March 2008), pp. 287-288.</i> Internet as utility? John Browning doi:10.1038/452287a Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7185. (19 March 2008), pp. 287-288. 2008-03-21T04:33:21-00:00 2008 Nature 0028-0836 452 7185 287 288 Nature Publishing Group nature http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/773965 <i>Nature, Vol. 415, No. 6870. (24 January 2002), pp. 424-426.</i> Reputation helps solve the `tragedy of the commons' Manfred Milinski Dirk Semmann Hans-Jurgen Krambeck doi:10.1038/415424a Nature, Vol. 415, No. 6870. (24 January 2002), pp. 424-426. 2006-07-26T02:23:47-00:00 2002 Nature 415 6870 424 426 milinski http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2544441 <i>Frontiers of Biology in China, Vol. 3, No. 1. (27 January 2008), pp. 1-8.</i><br /><br />Abstract  One of the central goals of community ecology is to understand the forces that maintain species diversity within communities. The traditional niche-assembly theory asserts that species live together in a community only when they differ from one another in resource uses. But this theory has some difficulties in explaining the diversity often observed in specie-rich communities such as tropical forests. As an alternative to the niche theory, Hubbell and other ecologists introduced a neutral model. Hubbell argues that the number of species in a community is controlled by species extinction and immigration or speciation of new species. Assuming that all individuals of all species in a trophically similar community are ecologically equivalent, Hubbell’s neutral theory predicts two important statistical distributions. One is the asymptotic log-series distribution for the metacommunities under point mutation speciation, and the other is the zero-sum multinomial distribution for both local communities under dispersal limitation and metacommunities under random fission speciation. Unlike the niche-assembly theory, the neutral theory takes similarity in species and individuals as a starting point for investigating species diversity. Based on the fundamental processes of birth, death, dispersal and speciation, the neutral theory provided the first mechanistic explanation of species abundance distribution commonly observed in natural communities. Since the publication of the neutral theory, there has been much discussion about it, pro and con. In this paper, we summarize recent progress in the assumption, prediction and speciation mode of the neutral theory, including progress in the theory itself, tests about the assumption of the theory, prediction and speciation mode at the metacommunity level. We also suggest that the most important task in the future is to bridge the niche-assembly theory and the neutral theory, and to add species differences to the neutral theory and more stochasticity to the niche theory. Neutral theory in community ecology Shurong Zhou Dayong Zhang doi:10.1007/s11515-008-0008-z Frontiers of Biology in China, Vol. 3, No. 1. (27 January 2008), pp. 1-8. 2008-03-17T07:41:58-00:00 2008 Frontiers of Biology in China 3 1 1 8 neutrality http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2531791 <i>Science, Vol. 319, No. 5869. (14 March 2008), pp. 1521-1523.</i><br /><br />The relationship between natural variations in coral species diversity, reef development, and ecosystem function on coral reefs is poorly understood. Recent coral diversity varies 10-fold among geographic regions, but rates of reef growth are broadly similar, suggesting that diversity is unimportant for reef development. Differences in diversity may reflect regional differences in long-term biotic history in addition to environmental conditions. Using a combination of new and published fossil and stratigraphic data, we compared changes in coral diversity and reef development within the tropical western Atlantic over the past 28 million years. Reef development was unrelated to coral diversity, and the largest reef tracts formed after extinction had reduced diversity by 50%. High diversity is thus not essential for the growth and persistence of coral reefs. 10.1126/science.1152197 Caribbean Reef Development Was Independent of Coral Diversity over 28 Million Years Kenneth Johnson Jeremy Jackson Ann Budd doi:10.1126/science.1152197 Science, Vol. 319, No. 5869. (14 March 2008), pp. 1521-1523. 2008-03-14T11:34:18-00:00 2008 Science 319 5869 1521 1523 sciencemag http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2531746 <i>Science, Vol. 319, No. 5869. (14 March 2008), 1483d.</i><br /><br />10.1126/science.319.5869.1483d Going Public with the Scientific Process Ruth Cronje doi:10.1126/science.319.5869.1483d Science, Vol. 319, No. 5869. (14 March 2008), 1483d. 2008-03-14T11:01:35-00:00 2008 Science 319 5869 1483d sciencemag http://www.citeulike.org/user/yuhc/article/2531790 <i>Science, Vol. 319, No. 5869. 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