Evolution of Ecological Niche Breadth [PDF]
Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 2017 How ecological niche breadth evolves is central to adaptation and speciation and has been a topic of perennial interest. Niche breadth evolution research has occurred within environmental, ecological, evolutionary, and biogeographical contexts, and although some generalities have emerged, critical knowledge gaps exist.
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Cooperation and the evolution of bacterial niche breadth. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S ABacteria exhibit varying niche breadths, with generalists thriving in diverse environments and specialists confined to specific habitats. Although genes for cooperative traits have been suggested to influence niche breadth evolution, their precise role remains unclear.
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Variable effects of wolves on niche breadth and density of intraguild competitors [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 The parallel niche release hypothesis (PNR) indicates that reduced competition with dominant competitors results in greater density and niche breadth of subordinate competitors and which may support an adaptive advantage.
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Range size positively correlates with temperature and precipitation niche breadths but not with dietary niche breadth in triatomine insects, vectors of Chagas disease. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical DiseasesEcological theory predicts that species that can utilise a greater diversity of resources and, therefore, have wider niche breadths should also occupy larger geographic areas (the 'niche breadth-range size hypothesis').
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Niche position and niche breadth effects on population abundances: A case study of New World Warblers (Parulidae) [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionSpecies abundance patterns are influenced by a myriad of factors, including habitat availability and ecological niche characteristics. However, the evidence concerning the specific impact factors such as niche position and niche breadth on mean and ...
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Populations of western North American monkeyflowers accrue niche breadth primarily via genotypic divergence in environmental optima [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Niche breadth, the range of environments that individuals, populations, and species can tolerate, is a fundamental ecological and evolutionary property, yet few studies have examined how niche breadth is partitioned across biological scales.
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Generalism vs. specialization: Does niche breadth influence species responses to anthropogenic land-use change in Neotropical leaf-cutter ants? [PDF]
PLoS ONELand-use change, such as the transformation of woody ecosystems into open pastures, acts as a strong ecological filter, favouring some species while excluding others according to differences in ecological niche breadth.
Diego Garcia Castillo
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A social niche breadth score reveals niche range strategies of generalists and specialists. [PDF]
Nat Ecol Evol, 2023 Abstract Generalists can survive in many environments, whereas specialists are restricted to a single environment. Although a classical concept in ecology, niche breadth has remained challenging to quantify for microorganisms because it depends on an objective definition of the environment.
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The global determinants of climate niche breadth in birds. [PDF]
Nat CommunUnderstanding why certain species occupy wider climate niches than others is a fundamental pursuit in ecology with important implications for conservation and management. However, existing synthesis on this topic has focused on the consequences rather than the causes of climate niche expansion, leading to significant gaps in our understanding of the ...
Rodrigues JFM, Botero CA.
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Trait‐Based Life History Strategies Shape Bacterial Niche Breadth [PDF]
Advanced ScienceThe ecological niche represents a fundamental property of organisms, reflecting their diversity of utilized resources or environmental tolerances across space and time. Despite a wealth of studies revealing that not all bacteria being everywhere, the key
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