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Micro- and macroevolution: Scale and hierarchy in evolutionary biology and paleobiology

Spatial heterogeneity, source-sink dynamics, and the local coexistence of competing species

Environmental influences on regional deep-sea species diversity

Hotspots and the conservation of evolutionary history

Applying ecological criteria to marine reserve design: A case study from the California Channel Islands

Dependence of sustainability on the configuration of marine reserves and larval dispersal distance

Marine reserves hold promise for maintaining biodiversity and sustainable fishery management, but studies supporting them have not addressed a crucial aspect of sustainability: the reduction in viability of populations with planktonic larvae dispersing along a coastal habitat with noncontiguous marine reserves. We show how sustainability depends on the fraction of natural larval settlement (FNLS) remaining after reserves are implemented, which in turn depends on reserve configuration and larval dispersal distance.

Using siting algorithms in the design of marine reserve networks

Species-area relationships and marine conservation

Population genetics, demographic connectivity, and the design of marine reserves

Application of ecological criteria in selecting marine reserves and developing reserve networks