Circulation constrains the evolution of larval development modes and life histories in the coastal ocean.

abstract：:Bigeye tuna are known for remarkable daytime vertical migrations between deep water, where food is abundant but the water is cold, and the surface, where water is warm but food is relatively scarce. Here we investigate if these dive patterns can be explained by dynamic optimal foraging theory, where the tuna maximizes...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Thygesen UH,Sommer L,Evans K,Patterson TA

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predicting ecosystem function from environmental conditions is a central goal of ecosystem ecology. However, many traditional ecosystem models are tailored for specific regions or ecosystem types, requiring several regional models to predict the same function. Alternatively, trait-based approaches have been effectivel...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Zwart JA,Solomon CT,Jones SE

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A longstanding problem in ecology is whether structured life cycles impede or facilitate coexistence between species. Theory based on populations with only two discrete stages in the life-cycle indicates that for two species to coexist, at least one must shift its niche between stages and each species must be a better...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Bassar RD,Travis J,Coulson T

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-distance dispersal (LDD) may contribute disproportionately to range expansions, the creation of new evolutionary lineages, and species persistence in human-dominated landscapes. However, because data on the individual consequences of dispersal distance are extremely limited, we have little insight on how LDD is m...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Lowe WH

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal habitat selection is a process that functions at multiple, hierarchically. structured spatial scales. Thus multi-scale analyses should be the basis for inferences about factors driving the habitat selection process. Vertebrate herbivores forage selectively on the basis of phytochemistry, but few studies have in...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Frye GG,Connelly JW,Musil DD,Forbey JS

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flowering sex ratios of dioecious plants are commonly male-biased but rarely female-biased. While greater costs of reproduction from females have been repeatedly demonstrated and explain male biases, male reproductive costs almost never exceed female costs, making the origins of female biases enigmatic. I investigated...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Shelton AO

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The forage maturation hypothesis (FMH) states that herbivores should follow the onset of growth in spring to obtain access to forage of higher quality and quantity, the so-called "green wave surfing." Several studies have found correlative evidence in support of this by associating animal movement with plant phenology...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Rivrud IM,Heurich M,Krupczynski P,Müller J,Mysterud A

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population growth and decline are particularly sensitive to changes in three key life-history parameters: annual productivity, juvenile survival, and adult survival. However, for many species these parameters remain unknown. For example, although grassland songbirds are imperiled throughout North America, for this gui...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Perlut NG,Strong AM,Donovan TM,Buckley NJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduced parasites threaten native host species that lack effective defenses. Such parasites increase the risk of extinction, particularly in small host populations like those on islands. If some host species are tolerant to introduced parasites, this could amplify the risk of the parasite to vulnerable host species...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Knutie SA,Owen JP,McNew SM,Bartlow AW,Arriero E,Herman JM,DiBlasi E,Thompson M,Koop JA,Clayton DH

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal defense theories suggest that a trade-off between defense costs and benefits maintains genetic variation within plant populations. This study assessed the independent and interactive effects of genetic- and environment-based variation in aspen leaf chemistry on insect performance, preference, and defoliation. ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Donaldson JR,Lindroth RL

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of growing interest in understanding how biodiversity affects ecosystem functioning, we investigated effects of riparian plant diversity on litter decomposition in forest streams. Leaf litter from 10 deciduous tree species was collected during natural leaf fall at two locations (Massif Central in France and Ca...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Lecerf A,Risnoveanu G,Popescu C,Gessner MO,Chauvet E

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of interspecific competition to structuring population and community dynamics remains controversial and poorly tested. Interspecific competition has long been thought to influence the structure of migrant-resident bird communities in winter, yet experimental evidence remains elusive. The arrival of bi...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Powell LL,Ames EM,Wright JR,Matthiopoulos J,Marra PP

更新日期：2020-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence accumulates about the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in shaping plant communities, but little is known about the factors determining the biomass and coexistence of several types of AM fungi in a plant community. Here, using a consumer-resource framework that treats the relationship between plants a...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Bachelot B,Lee CT

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A predictive framework for the ecology of species invasions requires that we learn what limits successful invaders in their native range. The red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) is invasive in the United States, Puerto Rico, Australia, New Zealand, and China. Solenopsis invicta appears to be a superior competit...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Feener DH Jr,Orr MR,Wackford KM,Longo JM,Benson WW,Gilbert LE

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indirect biotic interactions play a crucial role in structuring ecological communities, but many of these interactions have not been explored. Algal competition and corallivory are two major stressors contributing to the decline of coral reefs. Here, we provide the first evidence of algal-induced corallivory and syner...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Wolf AT,Nugues MM

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the context of species distribution models, scrutiny arises from the choice of meaningful environmental predictors. Thermal conditions are not the sole driver, but are the most widely acknowledged abiotic driver of plant life within alpine ecosystems. We linked long-term measurements of direct, plant-relevant, ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Löffler J,Pape R

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterogeneity in site quality can play an important role in patterns of abundance and population dynamics. Yet, estimating site quality in natural systems can be problematic because site quality can (1) vary through ontogeny for a focal organism, leading to shifts in site quality with age, (2) be confounded with (or m...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Shima JS,Osenberg CW,St Mary CM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disease dynamics during pathogen invasion and establishment determine the impacts of disease on host populations and determine the mechanisms of host persistence. Temporal progression of prevalence and infection intensity illustrate whether tolerance, resistance, reduced transmission, or demographic compensation allow...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Frick WF,Cheng TL,Langwig KE,Hoyt JR,Janicki AF,Parise KL,Foster JT,Kilpatrick AM

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coral reefs are highly complex ecological systems, where multiple processes interact across scales in space and time to create assemblages of exceptionally high biodiversity. Despite the increasing frequency of hierarchically structured sampling programs used in coral-reef science, little progress has been made in qua...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： MacNeil MA,Graham NA,Polunin NV,Kulbicki M,Galzin R,Harmelin-Vivien M,Rushton SP

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals vary in their phenotype and propensity for growth and survival, but the demographic consequences of this remain poorly understood. We extend previous theoretical work on benthic marine populations and formulate a new model to evaluate how demographic heterogeneity among newly settled reef fish affects popu...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Noonburg EG,Chen A,Shima JS,Swearer SE

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant species composition and diversity is often influenced by early life history stages; thus, global change could dramatically affect plant community structure by altering seed production. Unfortunately, plant reproductive responses to global change are rarely studied in field settings, making it difficult to assess...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： HilleRisLambers J,Harpole WS,Schnitzer S,Tilman D,Reich PB

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herbivores are often implicated in the generation of the extraordinarily diverse tropical flora. One hypothesis linking enemies to plant diversification posits that the evolution of novel defenses allows plants to escape their enemies and expand their ranges. When range expansion involves entering a new habitat type, ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Fine PV,Metz MR,Lokvam J,Mesones I,Zuñiga JM,Lamarre GP,Pilco MV,Baraloto C

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Theory has recognized a combination of niche and neutral processes each contributing, with varying importance, to species coexistence. However, long-term persistence of rare species has been difficult to produce in trait-based models of coexistence that incorporate stochastic dynamics, raising questions about how rare...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Yenni G,Adler PB,Ernest SK

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our ability to predict how temperature modifies phenology at the community scale is limited by our lack of understanding of responses by functional groups of flowering plants. These responses differ among species with different life histories. We performed a reciprocal transplant experiment along four elevation gradie...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Meng FD,Jiang LL,Zhang ZH,Cui SJ,Duan JC,Wang SP,Luo CY,Wang Q,Zhou Y,Li XE,Zhang LR,Li BW,Dorji T,Li YN,Du MY

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bottom-up and top-down effects act together to exert strong control over plant growth and reproduction, but how physical stress modifies those interactive forces remains unclear. Even though empirical evidence is scarce, theory predicts that the importance of both top-down- and bottom-up forces may decrease as physica...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Daleo P,Alberti J,Bruschetti CM,Pascual J,Iribarne O,Silliman BR

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to temporal changes in the quality and availability of food resources, consumers should adjust their foraging behavior in a manner that maximizes energy and nutrient intake and, when resources are limiting, minimizes dietary overlap with other consumers. Floodplains of the Amazon and its lowland tributarie...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Correa SB,Winemiller KO

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between grazers and autotrophs are complex, including both top-down consumptive and bottom-up facilitative effects of grazers. Thus, in addition to consuming autotrophs, herbivores can also enhance autotroph biomass by recycling limiting nutrients, thereby increasing nutrient availability. Here, we evalua...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Bracken ME,Dolecal RE,Long JD

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium (Na) has a unique role in food webs as a nutrient primarily limiting for plant consumers, but not other trophic levels. Environmental Na levels vary with proximity to coasts, local geomorphology, climate, and with anthropogenic inputs (e.g., road salt). We tested two key predictions across 54 grasslands in Nort...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Welti EAR,Sanders NJ,de Beurs KM,Kaspari M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abundance and population density are fundamental pieces of information for population ecology and species conservation, but they are difficult to estimate for rare and elusive species. Mark--resight models are popular for estimating population abundance because they are less invasive and expensive than traditional mar...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Sollmann R,Gardner B,Parsons AW,Stocking JJ,McClintock BT,Simons TR,Pollock KH,O'Connell AF

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic diversity, like species diversity, can have important consequences for communities and ecosystems. However, little is known about whether the effects of genetic diversity demonstrated in experimental assemblages are of sufficient strength to generate patterns in natural systems. We conducted a survey of eelgra...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Hughes AR,Stachowicz JJ

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00