Ecological Modelling: editorial overview 2000–2005

Abstract Ecological Modelling publishes from time to time editorials, that review the development of the journal: after 50 volumes, after 100 volumes and at our 25 years anniversary. This time we celebrate 30 years anniversary and focus on the time 2000–2005, corresponding to the volumes 126–185. Sixty volumes – almost one third of all volumes of Ecological Modelling! We will review the development by means of statistics as we have done previously but this time we will also try to look behind the statistics and try to assess the development in the scientific fields of ecosystem theory (systems ecology) and of ecological modelling. What are the recent research focus in these two subfield of ecology?

[1]  Trevor Hastie,et al.  Generalized linear and generalized additive models in studies of species distributions: setting the scene , 2002 .

[2]  M. Zavala.  Integration of drought tolerance mechanisms in Mediterranean sclerophylls: a functional interpretation of leaf gas exchange simulators , 2004 .

[3]  Antoine Guisan,et al.  Predictive habitat distribution models in ecology , 2000 .

[4]  M. H. Costa,et al.  A simple tropical ecosystem model of carbon, water and energy fluxes , 2004 .

[5]  C. Bigler,et al.  Assessing the performance of theoretical and empirical tree mortality models using tree-ring series of Norway spruce , 2004 .

[6]  A. Kondo,et al.  Micro-climate prediction in a residential development region using a numerical model , 2004 .

[7]  C. Burnett,et al.  A multi-scale segmentation/object relationship modelling methodology for landscape analysis , 2003 .

[8]  T. Simas,et al.  Effects of global climate change on coastal salt marshes , 2001 .

[9]  Numerical modeling of minor gas constituents and aerosols in the atmosphere , 2004 .

[10]  Jianguo Wu,et al.  A spatially explicit hierarchical approach to modeling complex ecological systems: theory and applications , 2002 .

[11]  B. Münier,et al.  Combined ecological and economic modelling in agricultural land use scenarios , 2004 .

[12]  H. Odum.  Heavy Metals in the Environment : Using Wetlands for Their Removal , 2000 .

[13]  Brian D. Fath,et al.  Modelling the selective adaptation of Darwin’s Finches , 2004 .

[14]  Edward M. Hulburt,et al.  The four principles of adaptation and their set theory foundation , 2004 .

[15]  Boris Zeide,et al.  Intrinsic units in growth modeling , 2004 .

[16]  Fu‐Chun Wu,et al.  Second-order Monte Carlo uncertainty/variability analysis using correlated model parameters: application to salmonid embryo survival risk assessment , 2004 .

[17]  J. Meynecke.  Effects of global climate change on geographic distributions of vertebrates in North Queensland , 2004 .

[18]  Sven Erik Jørgensen,et al.  25 years of Ecological Modelling by Ecological Modelling , 2000 .

[19]  Dimitrios V. Vayenas,et al.  Prey–predator dynamics with predator switching regulated by a catabolic repression control mode , 2005 .

[20]  Howard T. Odum,et al.  Emergy and exergy stored in genetic information , 2004 .

[21]  Lars Håkanson,et al.  A dynamic compartment model to predict sedimentation and suspended particulate matter in coastal areas , 2004 .

[22]  J. Delfino.  Revisiting heavy metals in the environment: using wetlands for their removal , 2004 .

[23]  Olivia Langmead,et al.  Coral reef community dynamics and disturbance: a simulation model , 2004 .

[24]  David R. B. Stockwell,et al.  Effects of sample size on accuracy of species distribution models , 2002 .

[25]  Vladlena V. Gertseva,et al.  Classification of mathematical models in ecology , 2004 .

[26]  S. Rinaldi,et al.  Destabilizing factors in slow–fast systems , 2004 .

[27]  C. Potter.  Predicting climate change effects on vegetation, soil thermal dynamics, and carbon cycling in ecosystems of interior Alaska , 2004 .

[28]  S. Charles,et al.  Food availability effect on population dynamics of the midge Chironomus riparius: a Leslie modeling approach , 2004 .

[29]  Brian D. Fath,et al.  Distributed control in ecological networks , 2004 .

[30]  A. Palialexis,et al.  A GIS environmental modelling approach to essential fish habitat designation , 2004 .

[31]  R. Hudson,et al.  Simulation of conservation and management of woodland caribou , 2004 .

[32]  Risto Sievänen,et al.  Introducing effects of temperature and CO2 elevation on tree growth into a statistical growth and yield model , 2005 .

[33]  R. Dawson,et al.  Modeling circulation function in agroecosystems , 2005 .

[34]  Andrew P. Robinson,et al.  Model validation using equivalence tests , 2004 .

[35]  Elizabeth A. Fulton,et al.  Biogeochemical marine ecosystem models I: IGBEM—a model of marine bay ecosystems , 2004 .

[36]  Modeling emigration of wolves from a wilderness area into adjacent agricultural regions , 2004 .

[37]  S. Garman.  Design and evaluation of a forest landscape change model for western Oregon , 2004 .

[38]  Henry L. Bart,et al.  Bayesian estimation of kinetic rate constants in a food-web model of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon bioaccumulation , 2005 .

[39]  Simon Ferrier,et al.  Evaluating the predictive performance of habitat models developed using logistic regression , 2000 .

[40]  Ron Store,et al.  A GIS-based multi-scale approach to habitat suitability modeling , 2003 .

[41]  S. Levine,et al.  A model for behavioral regulation of metapopulation dynamics , 2005 .

[42]  K. Kersebaum,et al.  A simple model approach to simulate nitrogen dynamics in vineyard soils , 2004 .

[43]  F. Kargı,et al.  A dynamic mathematical model for wastewater stabilization ponds , 2005 .

[44]  M. Austin.  Spatial prediction of species distribution: an interface between ecological theory and statistical modelling , 2002 .

[45]  Carl J. Walters,et al.  Ecopath with Ecosim: methods, capabilities and limitations , 2004 .

[46]  B. C. Patten,et al.  Ecosystems emerging:: 4. growth , 2000 .

[47]  P. J. Anderson,et al.  Population dynamics of a tropical palm: use of a genetic algorithm for inverse parameter estimation , 2004 .

[48]  A. King,et al.  The effect of landscape structure on community self-organization and critical biodiversity , 2004 .