Multispecies Niche Overlap: Moving Beyond Pairwise Metrics to Understand Community‐Wide Similarities in Resource Use [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionMeasures of niche overlap—particularly in terms of resource use—are important tools in a wide range of ecological and evolutionary studies. A variety of these overlap indices are used, but all are pairwise measures. Yet, most communities are more complex,
Cody M. Kent +2 more
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Food Niche Overlap of Avian Predators (Falconiformes, Strigiformes) in a Field and Forest Mosaic in Central Poland [PDF]
Animals, 2021 Food niche overlap statistics are a common way to show competition for food resources in a group of animals. Niche breadths of various species are very variable and their diet composition changes reflecting prey availability. The aim of this study was to
Jakub Gryz, Dagny Krauze-Gryz
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Ecological niche overlap in the Arctic vegetation influenced by seabirds. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2023 AbstractIn the High Arctic, nutrients are the most limiting resources, so terrestrial vegetation is of low complexity and grows slowly. However, locally, large seabird colonies increase soil fertility by deposition of faeces, supporting the development of rich and fast-growing plant communities.
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Niche overlap across landscape variability in summer between two large herbivores using eDNA metabarcoding. [PDF]
PLoS ONEUnderstanding the relationship between a species feeding strategy and its environment (trophic ecology) is critical to assess environmental requirements and improve management policies. However, measuring trophic interactions remains challenging.
Eduard Mas-Carrió +3 more
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Effects of environmental factors and intraspecific niche overlap on the body and ecological characteristics of red-tongued pit vipers (Gloydius ussuriensis) [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 The body condition of a snake species provides important physiological, morphological, and ecological information that elucidates its habits, life cycle, and competitive relationships.
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Modeling habitat distribution and niche overlap of Asian horseshoe crabs: Implications for conservation. [PDF]
PLoS ONEAsian horseshoe crabs are ancient organisms essential for the balance of marine ecosystems. However, detailed information on their ecology and the environmental factors influencing their distribution remains limited.
Jian Liao +10 more
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The evolution of niche overlap and competitive differences [PDF]
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2021 Competition can result in evolutionary changes to coexistence between competitors but there are no theoretical models that predict how the components of coexistence change during this eco-evolutionary process. Here we study the evolution of the coexistence components, niche overlap and competitive differences, in a two-species eco-evolutionary model ...
Abigail I. Pastore +4 more
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Human disturbance increases trophic niche overlap in terrestrial carnivore communities [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020 Philip J Manlick +2 more
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Niche characteristics of lichen in Dabancheng mountainous area, Urumqi
Guangxi Zhiwu, 2023 In order to reveal the status of habitat resource utilization and the degree of competition among lichens in Dabancheng mountainous areas. In this work, 30 plots were sampled in the field and the species cover data of the plots were investigated, and the
Zuosen LI, Anwar TUMUR
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Isotope niche dimension and trophic overlap between bigheaded carps and native filter-feeding fish in the lower Missouri River, USA. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values (δ13C and δ15N) were used to evaluate trophic niche overlap between two filter-feeding fishes (known together as bigheaded carp) native to China, silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) and bighead carp ...
Jianzhu Wang +4 more
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