To what degree are philosophy and the ecological niche concept necessary in the ecological theory and conservation? [PDF]
, 2017 Ecology as a field produces philosophical anxiety, largely because it differs in scientific structure from classical physics. The hypothetical deductive models of classical physics are simple and predictive; general ecological models are ...
Martins, Rogério P
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Dynamics of Niche Width and Resource Partitioning [PDF]
American Journal of Sociology, 2001 This article examines the effects of crowding in a market center on rates of change in organizational niche width and on organizational mortality. It proposes that, although firms with wide niches benefit from risk spreading and economies of scale, they are simultaneously exposed to intense competition.
Dobrev, S., Kim, T-Y., Hannan, M. T.
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Skull ecomorphology of megaherbivorous dinosaurs from the dinosaur park formation (upper campanian) of Alberta, Canada. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Megaherbivorous dinosaur coexistence on the Late Cretaceous island continent of Laramidia has long puzzled researchers, owing to the mystery of how so many large herbivores (6-8 sympatric species, in many instances) could coexist on such a small (4-7 ...
Jordan C Mallon, Jason S Anderson
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Ecology and co-existence of two endemic day gecko (Phelsuma) species in Seychelles native palm forest [PDF]
, 2011 In island ecosystems, reptiles play diverse ecological roles as a result of niche broadening, which increases potential niche overlap between species. Ecological niche partitioning is a means of reducing direct competition between coexisting species and ...
Bassett +30 more
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Belowground niche partitioning is maintained under extreme drought
Ecology, 2023 AbstractBelowground niche partitioning presents a key mechanism for maintaining species coexistence and diversity. Its importance is currently reinforced by climate change that alters soil hydrological conditions. However, experimental tests examining the magnitude of its change under climate change are scarce. We combined measurements of oxygen stable
Sophie E. Weides +8 more
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Niche emergence as an autocatalytic process in the evolution of ecosystems [PDF]
, 2018 The utilisation of the ecospace and the change in diversity through time has been suggested to be due to the effect of niche partitioning, as a global long-term pattern in the fossil record.
Fath, B. +4 more
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Dietary niche partitioning between sympatric brown hares and rabbits [PDF]
, 2017 Coexistence of ecologically similar species is sustained by niche partitioning, a fundamental element of which is diet. Overlapping of resource requirements between sympatric species can create interspecific competitive or facilitative effects on the ...
Aebischer +39 more
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Belowground nitrogen partitioning in experimental grassland plant communities of varying species richness [PDF]
, 2009 Partitioning of soil nitrogen (N) by niche separation among species may be an important mechanism explaining species coexistence and positive biodiversity–productivity relationships in terrestrial plant communities. However, there is little experimental
Andrew Hector +7 more
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Niche Partitioning Along an Environmental Gradient [PDF]
SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 2014 Biological systematics studies suggest that species are discretized in niche space. That is, rather than seeing a continuum of organism types with respect to continuous environmental variations, observers instead find discrete species or clumps of species, with one clump separated from another in niche space by a gap.
Isaac Klapper, Jack Dockery, Hal Smith
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Intrapopulation niche partitioning in a generalist predator limits food web connectivity [PDF]
, 2009 Predators are increasingly recognized as key elements in food webs because of their ability to link the fluxes of nutrients and energy between spatially separated food chains.
Eklöv, Peter +2 more
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