Cycles and synchrony in the Collared Lemming (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus) in Arctic North America.

abstract：:The hypothesis that dispersal in a heterogeneous environment can be an important factor in population stability is examined. It is shown that dispersal may increase the persistence time of a population by several orders of magnitude. ...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Roff DA

更新日期：1974-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple life table model was constructed for Tetranychus urticae in which daily survivorship of eggs and motil stages, fecundity, and development time was altered to assess the impact of each parameter on the intrinsic rate of increase. r. Interpretation of the trade-offs focused on management considerations.A second...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Carey JR

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are ubiquitous and ecologically important microbes in grasslands. Both the host plant species and soil properties have been suggested as potentially important factors structuring AM fungal communities based on studies within local field sites. However, characterizations of the communi...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Ji B,Bentivenga SP,Casper BB

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of notonectid-induced crests on growth and reproduction, and resource allocation to crest construction, moult losses and eggs of Daphnia carinata were measured. An attempt was made to elucidate the mechanisms of physiological costs of crest induction for this species. The crested morph of d. carinata reach...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Barry MJ

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During extensive field surveys in central and eastern Europe, 21 herbivorous root insect species were found on Centaurea maculosa ssp. rhenana Boreau, 12 species on C. diffusa Lam. and 11 species on C. vallesiaca Jordan, representing 12 families in 4 orders. The large geographic distribution (species-area function), t...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Müller H

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although plant growth is generally recognized to be influenced by allocation to defense, genetic background (e.g., inbreeding), and gender, rarely have those factors been addressed collectively. In quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.), phenolic glycosides (PGs) and condensed tannins (CTs) constitute up to 30 % o...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Cole CT,Stevens MT,Anderson JE,Lindroth RL

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For a symbiosis to be a mutualism, benefits received must exceed costs incurred for both partners. Partners can prevent costly overexploitation through behaviors that moderate interactions with the other symbiont. In a symbiosis between crayfish and branchiobdellidan annelids, the worms can increase crayfish survival ...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Farrell KJ,Creed RP,Brown BL

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a severe outbreak of sarcoptic mange (Sarcoptes scabiei vulpes) starting among red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Sweden in the 1970s, we studied: 1) the establishment and spread of the disease in northernmost Sweden (by inquiries), and 2) the 1970-84 bag records for foxes and mountain hares (Lepus timidus) (an alter...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Danell K,Hörnfeldt B

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compare results of field study and model analysis of two butterfly populations to evaluate the importance of alternative mechanisms causing changes in abundance. Although understanding and predicting population fluctuations is a central goal of population ecology, it is not often achieved because long-term abundanc...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： McLaughlin JF,Hellmann JJ,Boggs CL,Ehrlich PR

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this research was to investigate the influence of nitrogen availability on growth and the patterns of dry matter and nitrogen allocation of the dune grasses Ammophila arenaria and Elymus mollis. Plants were grown from rhizome segments under near-ambient coastal conditions and received either high or low...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Pavlik BM

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the role of nematode predation in the functioning of detrital food webs assembled in microcosms. The microcosms contained defaunated humus and litter materials, a diverse microbial community with bacteria, fungi and protozoa, and a birch (Betula pendula) seedling infected with mycorrhizal fungi. Different l...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Laakso J,Setälä H

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant stigmas and bee pollinators are competitors for pollen. Pollen placed on a pollinator's body can be picked up by conspecific stigmas or it can be collected by the pollinator as food. Hypothetically, one solution is for pollen to be placed on 'safe sites' on the pollinator's body, sites where the pollinator canno...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Tong ZY,Huang SQ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chaparral shrub Eriodictyon californicum secretes a phenolic leaf resin composed of flavonoid aglycones. We used leaves with artificially altered resin contents to test the effects of resin on the feeding, growth, and oviposition of the specialist herbivore Trirhabda diducta. In addition, we compared Trirhabda fee...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Johnson ND,Brain SA,Ehrlich PR

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1.) The daily ration required to maintain a population growth rate, r m, of zero (threshold ration) increased with increasing Asplanchna body mass. This relationship is described by the equation T=0.342 W0.797 where T=threshold ration (μg day-1 dry mass) and W=Asplanchna body mass (μg adult-1 dry mass). 2.) The thresh...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Stemberger RS,Gilbert JJ

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemiparasitic plants tend to thrive in and significantly affect plant communities in low-nutrient, high-light environments. Hemiparasites are assumed to be weak competitors for light but strong parasites, leading to the prediction that effects on hosts and communities should be a function of resource supply. We invest...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Borowicz VA,Armstrong JE

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The site of settlement of barnacles (Balanus improvisus) attached on shells of bluemussels (Mytilus edulis) was mapped from a sample of mussels collected in the Baltic Sea. Most barnacles had settled near the siphonal apertures of the mussel. An experiment was made to measure the disadvantages and advantages that livi...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Laihonen P,Furman ER

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The apparent energy of activation (E a), Michaelis-Menten constant (K mfor oxaloacetate), V max/K mratios and specific activities of NADP+-malate dehydrogenase (NADP+-MDH; EC 1.1.1.82) were analyzed in plants of Barnyard grass from Québec (QUE) and Mississippi (MISS) acclimated to two thermoperiods 28/22°C, 21/15°C, a...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Simon JP,Potvin C,Strain BR

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Populations of dioecious plant species often exhibit biased sex ratios. Such biases may arise as a result of sex-based differences in life history traits, or as a result of spatial segregation of the sexes. Of these, sex-based differentiation in life history traits is likely to be the most common cause of bias. In dio...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Nicotra AB

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the heat interaction between a water column and sediments on the formation, development, and duration of existence of anaerobic zones in ice-covered lakes is estimated based on observational data from five frozen lakes located in northwestern Russia and North America. A simple one-dimensional model that ...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Golosov S,Maher OA,Schipunova E,Terzhevik A,Zdorovennova G,Kirillin G

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the importance of Na+ and Cl- to osmotic adjustment in a salt-tolerant ecotype of the C4 nonhalophyte Andropogon glomeratus, plants were watered with sorbitol, a neutral osmoticum, and synthetic seawater, for five days. Gas exchange measurements were made during the course of the watering treatment and duri...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Bowman WD

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) increases in body depth in response to chemical cues from piscivores and the deeper body constitutes a morphological defence against gape-limited piscivores. In the field, deep-bodied individuals suffer a density-dependent cost when competing with shallow-bodied conspecifics. Here, w...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Pettersson LB,Brönmark C

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wire cages with different-sized meshes were placed on trunks and around leaves at different heights in oak trees and in forest litter. Gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar, instars II-V tethered with threads were placed in each cage (instars II-III only in leaf cages) as well as outside the cages. Predation of larvae decrease...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Weseloh RM

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The definition of photosynthetically active radiation (Q) as the visible waveband (λ 400-700 nm) is a core assumption of much of modern plant biology and global models of carbon and water fluxes. On the other hand, much research has focused on potential mutation and damage to leaves caused by ultraviolet (UV) radiatio...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Turnbull TL,Barlow AM,Adams MA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We document activity field temperatures, daily activity patterns, and extent of thermoregulation in four species of Liolaemus lizards inhabiting at high altitude (above 3500 m) in the Andes of northern Chile. These four species have similar activity field temperature (Tb near 29°C) despite their being distributed at d...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Marquet PA,Ortíz JC,Bozinovié F,Jaksié FM

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stomata of paper birch (Betula papyrifera Marsh.) seedlings were more open at high humidity than at low humidity and responded rapidly to changes in vapor pressure deficit. SO2 at 0.2 or 0.8 μl l-1 caused partial stomatal closure. Seedlings fumigated with SO2 at 0.2 or 0.5 μl l-1 for 30 h or 0.2 μl l-1 for 75 h took u...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Norby RJ,Kozlowski TT

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A climate room is described for precise regulation of temperature and humidity. Humidity is regulated by regulation of the dew-point temperature of the air. The ranges for both dew-point and air temperature are from 2°C to 45°C. The precision of regulation for the temperature is ±0.05°C, for the dew-point temperature ...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Bruin MK,Brandt DC,Körner FJ

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The life-cycle of the dominant brackish water ostracod Cyprideis torosa (Jones, 1850) has been studied during 4 years. The species has only one generation anually. Reproduction is fairly similar throughout the years and appears to be tuned in to temperature. The number of adults has one peak every year and can be desc...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Heip C

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to test if females of the aphid hyperparasitoid Dendrocerus carpenteri (Curtis produce patch marks. We tested if these marks inform a foraging female of the identity of the producer of the mark (the female herself or a conspecific female) and on the producer's success or failure in finding ho...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Höller C,Hörmann R

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In long-lived colonial birds, age at recruitment is an important life-history character. Variation in this parameter may reflect differences in several factors, including competitive ability and breeding strategies. Further, these differences may be due to timing of hatching (for instance through differences in compet...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Prévot-Julliard AC,Pradel R,Julliard R,Grosbois V,Lebreton JD

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the carbon supply status in species-rich mediterranean plant communities growing in a bowl-shaped 1-ha "CO2 spring" area near Sienna, Italy. A geothermic "lime-kiln" has provided these communities, for as long as historical records are available, with pure CO2 that mixes with ambient air at canopy leve...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Körner C,Miglietta F

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00