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Temporal changes in the dietary niche of sympatric seals provides insight into the role of competition in population declines

Oikos, EarlyView.
Competition theory suggests that interspecific prey competition can result in changes to the dietary niche, but obtaining timeseries of data from sympatric species experiencing temporal variation in competition is challenging. Scotland is an important area for two species of seals, but over the past 20 years, populations of harbour seals Phoca vitulina
Izzy Langley, Philip S. Hammond, Paul M. Thompson, Graham J. Pierce, Lindsay J. Wilson, Ailsa J. Hall, Gordon D. Hastie, Debbie J. F. Russell   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The evolution of the concepts of 'primate culture' in Western science. [PDF]

Primates
Hansen MF, Fuentes A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Is a plant truly plastic? Nutrients and neighbours induce trait‐specific responses, but performance depends on response direction

Oikos, EarlyView.
Plants live in a heterogeneous world, where nutrient and neighbour distributions vary in space and time. Plants can respond to this variation through plastic responses in individual organs, which are assumed to be coordinated among traits to support a coherent, adaptive strategy, maintaining plant growth in varying environments.
Charlotte Brown, Emily M. Holden, James F. Cahill Jr.   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling species co-occurrence effects to inform invasive barred owl management and recovery of the northern spotted owl. [PDF]

Ecol Appl
Srivastava V, Van Lanen NJ, Parshad RD.
europepmc   +1 more source

Individual variation in perceived density of conspecifics and its impacts on the realization of ecological niches

Oikos, EarlyView.
Animals gather information about their surroundings, including their social environment, using a wide range of sensory modalities. Variation in reception, processing and interpretation of information (cues or signals) can lead to differences in how individuals perceive their local environment. Yet, how individual differences in environmental perception
Ane Liv Berthelsen, Barbara A. Caspers, Nayden Chakarov, Alexandra K. Childs, Angelica Coculla, Melanie Dammhahn, Maria Moiron, Max Mühlenhaupt, Caroline Müller, Jules Petit, Tim M. Rapp, Nora K. E. Schulz, Svenja Stoehr, David L. J. Vendrami   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inter- and Intraspecific Venom Variation in the Reclusive Rear-Fanged Black-Striped Snakes (<i>Coniophanes</i>). [PDF]

Toxins (Basel)
Fowler JH, Rosales-García RA, Rautsaw RM, Hogan MP, Hofmann EP, Mason AJ, Nagesan R, Borja M, Herrera L, Castañeda-Gaytan G, Davis Rabosky AR, Rokyta DR, Parkinson CL.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Habitat‐based spatial patterns enable realistic reconstruction of plant spatial arrangements across complex landscapes

Oikos, EarlyView.
Spatially explicit individual‐based models provide a powerful way to explore spatial dynamics when direct observation is not feasible. But for many ecological applications, these models require detailed data on the initial spatial arrangement and traits of individuals – information rarely available in large, heterogeneous or novel landscapes.
Brayan Morera, Jose M. Fedriani, Thorsten Wiegand, Daniel Ayllón, Pedro J. Garrote   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Detection of Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics in Communities Using Joint Species Distribution Models. [PDF]

Ecol Lett
Pantel JH, Hermann RJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

Anisotropic community turn‐over at habitat edges informs on assembly drivers: simulation and empirical test on soil macrofauna

Oikos, EarlyView.
Biodiversity dynamics in heterogeneous landscapes is the result of a complex interplay between movement processes of organisms within and between habitat patches, and niche filtering processes due to spatially varying environmental conditions. Disentangling the relative influences of these different processes on community assembly and dynamics is a ...
Gwenaelle Auger, Julien Pottier, Laurence Andanson, Pauline Bonnal, Sandrine Revaillot, Marilyn Roncoroni, Franck Jabot   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cooperative foraging between dolphins and fish-eating killer whales. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Fortune SME, Cheng X, Holmes K, Trites AW.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source