The Theoretical Ecology Section of the ESA is pleased to announce that the recipients of the 2010 Outstanding Theory Paper award are James O'Dwyer and Jessica Green for their paper entitled "Field theory for biogeography: A spatially explicit model for predicting patterns of biodiversity," found in Ecology Letters 13: 87-95. Using mathematical methods more commonly found in quantum physics, the authors derive the species-area relationship for a spatially explicit neutral model that includes dispersal and generalizes a previous prediction about beta diversity. Congratulations to the authors!
Robin Snyder and Kevin Gross ESA theory section officers
