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Learning the ecological niche [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2006 A cornerstone of ecological theory is the ecological niche. Yet little is known about how individuals come to adopt it: whether it is innate or learned. Here, we report a cross-fostering experiment in the wild where we transferred eggs of blue tits, Cyanistes caeruleus , to nests of great tits, Parus ...
Tore, Slagsvold, Karen L, Wiebe
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Ecological niche differentiation in Chiroxiphia and Antilophia manakins (Aves: Pipridae).
PLoS ONE, 2021 Species distribution models are useful for identifying the ecological characteristics that may limit a species' geographic range and for inferring patterns of speciation.
Mariana Villegas +3 more
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021 Ecological niche modeling can provide insights into a species’ demography, ecology and biogeography, and the environmental factors that determine them.
Daniel Hending
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Ecological niche modelling and nDNA sequencing support a new, morphologically cryptic beetle species unveiled by DNA barcoding. [PDF]
, 2011 DNA sequencing techniques used to estimate biodiversity, such as DNA barcoding, may reveal cryptic species. However, disagreements between barcoding and morphological data have already led to controversy.
Hendrich, Lars +12 more
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The niche construction perspective : a critical appraisal [PDF]
, 2014 For financial support, the authors thank Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, The Economic and Social Research Council, The Natural Environment Research Council, the Leverhulme Trust, the European Research Council, and the Royal ...
Laland, Kevin N. +14 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Species’ ecological niches are frequently analysed to gain insights into how anthropogenic changes affect biodiversity. Coping with these changes often involves shifts in niche expression, which can disrupt local biotic interactions.
Inês Freitas +7 more
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Determining trophic niche width: a novel approach using stable isotope analysis [PDF]
, 2004 1. Although conceptually robust, it has proven difficult to find practical measures of niche width that are simple to obtain, yet provide an adequate descriptor of the ecological position of the population examined. 2.
Bearhop, S. +8 more
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Integrating phylogeographic and ecological niche approaches to delimitating cryptic lineages in the blue–green damselfish (Chromis viridis) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Species delimitation is challenging in sibling species/cryptic lineages because of the absence of clear diagnostic traits. However, integration of different approaches such as phylogeography and ecological niche comparison offers one potential approach ...
Shang Yin Vanson Liu +4 more
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An introduction to niche construction theory [PDF]
, 2016 Niche construction refers to the modification of selective environments by organisms. Theoretical and empirical studies of niche construction are increasing in importance as foci in evolutionary ecology.
Matthews, Blake +5 more
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Genes, culture and agriculture : an example of human niche construction [PDF]
, 2012 K. N. Laland was supported by an ERC Advanced Grant (EVOCULTURE).Theory and empirical data from a variety of disciplines strongly imply that recent human history involves extensive gene-culture coevolution, much of it as a direct result of human ...
Laland, Kevin Neville +6 more
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