Time- and depth-wise trophic niche shifts in Antarctic benthos. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2018 Climate change is expected to affect resource-consumer interactions underlying stability in polar food webs. Polar benthic organisms have adapted to the marked seasonality characterising their habitats by concentrating foraging and reproductive activity ...
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The Trophic Niche of Two Sympatric Species of Salamanders (Plethodontidae and Salamandridae) from Italy [PDF]
Animals, 2022 The trophic niche of a species is one of the fundamental traits of species biology. The ideal trophic niche of a species is realized in the absence of interspecific competition, targeting the most profitable and easy-to-handle food resources.
Enrico Lunghi +4 more
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Coexistence mechanisms and individual trophic niche variation between functionally analogous non-native and native carp species [PDF]
Scientific ReportsUnderstanding the mechanisms that promote coexistence between functionally analogous non-native and native species that share similar prey is important for predicting the ecological consequences of their competitive interactions.
Yingqiu Zhang +6 more
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Trophic niche adaptation of mountain frogs around the Sichuan Basin: individual specialization and response to climate variations [PDF]
Frontiers in ZoologyBackground Climatic and geographic variations have profound effects on the resource utilization of individuals and populations. Evaluating resource use in different environments is crucial for understanding species ecological adaptation strategies and ...
Kaiyue Cui, Shengnan Yang, Junhua Hu
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A millennium of trophic stability in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua): transition to a lower and converging trophic niche in modern times [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Stable isotope analyses of zooarchaeological material can be used to examine ecological variability in exploited species at centennial to millennial scales.
Guðbjörg Ásta Ólafsdóttir +4 more
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Insight Into Trophic Niche Differentiation in Labeobarbus (Cyprinidae) in the Luhoho Basin (Upper Congo Basin) [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionMouth morphology plays a crucial role in determining the trophic ecology of fish and sometimes underpins important lineage diversification. Freshwater teleost fish species belonging to the genus Labeobarbus, commonly found in Africa, exhibit intra‐ and ...
Tchalondawa Kisekelwa +11 more
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Benthic trophic interactions in an Antarctic shallow water ecosystem affected by recent glacier retreat [PDF]
, 2015 The western Antarctic Peninsula is experiencing strong environmental changes as a consequence of ongoing regional warming. Glaciers in the area are retreating rapidly and increased sediment-laden meltwater runoff threatens the benthic biodiversity at ...
De Troch, Marleen +5 more
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Interspecies trophic niche differences and spatial–temporal adaptations found in Cultrinae fishes
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 It has been debated whether interspecies niche differences may follow niche conservatism, whether niches are becoming specialists, whether generalists and specialists are maintained in a balance, and how the realized niche may adapt to local or temporal ...
Tingyue Yang +7 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Biological invasions are a widespread problem worldwide, as invasive non-indigenous species (NIS) may affect native populations through direct (e. g., predation) or indirect (e.g., competition) trophic interactions, leading to changes in the food web ...
Cristina Andolina +11 more
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Peri‐urban systems alter trophic niche size and overlap in sympatric coastal bird species
Ecosphere, 2023 Urban habitats can create empty trophic niche space by providing abundant alternative dietary resources, allowing some generalist species to either shift or expand their trophic niches.
Kimberly A. Lato +3 more
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