… Ariel Greiner is a theoretical ecologist and conservation scientist interested in determining
the best conservation strategies for conserving the ecosystems of the world. The main focus of …

Abstract Theory and empirical work suggest that coral reefs may exhibit alternative stable
states of coral versus macroalgal dominance. However, it is unclear how dispersal of coral and …

Human impacts on genetic diversity are poorly understood yet critical to biodiversity
conservation. We used 175 247 COI sequences collected between 1980 and 2016 to assess the …

Coral larval dispersal networks are changing due to multiple anthropogenic stressors that
are destroying coral habitat and shifting reefs from coral-dominated to macroalgal-dominated …

Biologists spend their time studying the natural world, seeking to understand its various
patterns and the processes that give rise to them. One way of furthering our understanding of …

Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) affects cloven-hoofed animals globally and has become a
major economic burden for many countries around the world. Countries that have had recent …

Coral reefs are among the many communities believed to exhibit regime shifts between
alternative stable states, single‐species dominance, and coexistence. Proposed drivers of …

Visiting multiple locations and returning to the start via the shortest route, referred to as the
traveling salesman (or salesperson) problem (TSP), is a valuable skill for both humans and …

Coral reefs are threatened by interacting local (fishing, coastal development) and global (climate
change) stressors that degrade coral-cover. Restoration is gaining prominence as a …

Ecological systems often exhibit complex nonlinear dynamics like oscillations, chaos, and
regime shifts. Universal dynamic equations have shown promise in modeling complex …