Intraspecific competition for host resources in a parasite. [PDF]
Curr Biol, 2021 Intraspecific competition among parasites should, in theory, increase virulence, but we lack clear evidence of this from nature.1-3 Parasitic plants, which are sessile and acquire carbon-based resources through both autotrophy (photosynthesis) and heterotrophy (obtaining carbon from the host), provide a unique opportunity to experimentally study the ...
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Testing the relationship between intraspecific competition and individual specialization across both behavior and diet. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2021 Individual specialization within populations is increasingly recognized as important in both ecology and evolution, but researchers working on intraspecific variation in behavior and diet infrequently interact.
Adey AK, Larson ER.
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Functional Response and Intraspecific Competition in the Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). [PDF]
Insects, 2020 Functional responses of the fall armyworm (FAW) larvae at each stage, and their intraspecific competition associated with cannibalism, provide insights into developing pest management strategies for the FAW.
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Uric acid metabolism modulates diet-dependent responses to intraspecific competition in Drosophila larvae. [PDF]
iScience, 2022 Summary: Intraspecific competition drives ecological specialization, and niche expansion. In holometabolous insects, larval intraspecific competition (“crowding”) has lasting fitness consequences for individuals and shapes adaptive responses.
Morimoto J.
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Neighborhood Diversity Promotes Tree Growth in a Secondary Forest: The Interplay of Intraspecific Competition, Interspecific Competition, and Spatial Scale. [PDF]
Plants (Basel)Understanding the biodiversity–productivity relationship (BPR) is crucial for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management. While it is known that diversity enhances forest productivity, the underlying mechanisms at the local neighborhood level ...
Zhang H +8 more
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Intraspecific competition and individual behaviour but not urbanization affect the dietary patterns of a generalist avian predator. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2023 Urbanization has reshaped ecosystems and changed natural processes, driving an intense transformation of biomes, biotic community composition and diversity. Despite the growing interest in studying urban ecology over the last decades, the consequences of
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Ant Mortality with Food Competition in Forests along a Temperature Gradient
Insects, 2022 The authors elucidated the relationship between temperature and mortality due to food competition in ant communities in forests. A field experiment was conducted using four bait types at six different oak forest sites with different mean annual ...
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Spatial heterogeneity in light supply affects intraspecific competition of a stoloniferous clonal plant. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Spatial heterogeneity in light supply is common in nature. Many studies have examined the effects of heterogeneous light supply on growth, morphology, physiology and biomass allocation of clonal plants, but few have tested those effects on intraspecific ...
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Effects of Temporal Heterogeneity of Water Supply and Spatial Heterogeneity of Soil Nutrients on the Growth and Intraspecific Competition of Bolboschoenus yagara Depend on Plant Density. [PDF]
Front Plant Sci, 2018 Clonal plants may face various types of resource heterogeneity in their natural habitats; as such, spatial or temporal resource heterogeneity can affect the growth of clonal plants.
Yu H, Shen N, Yu D, Liu C.
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Horticulturae, 2022 Plant physiological responses to various stresses are characterized by interaction and coupling, while the intrinsic mechanism remains unclear. The effects of intraspecific competition on plant growth, stomatal opening, and hormone concentrations were ...
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