Body size, ration level, and population growth in Asplanchna.

abstract：:The stress-gradient hypothesis (SGH) predicts that the community-wide prevalence of positive interactions, relative to negative interactions, is greater under more severe environmental conditions. Because the frequency of positive and negative interactions within a community is the aggregate of multiple pair-wise inte...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： le Roux PC,McGeoch MA

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying links between morphology and performance for ecologically relevant tasks will help elucidate the relationships between organismal design and fitness. We conducted a laboratory study to quantify the relationship between variation in body shape and prey-capture success in four drift-feeding minnow species. W...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Rincón PA,Bastir M,Grossman GD

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is considerable theoretical evidence that a trade-off between competitive and colonization ability enables species coexistence. However, empirical studies testing for the presence of a competition-colonization (CC) trade-off and its importance for species coexistence have found mixed results. In a microcosm expe...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Limberger R,Wickham SA

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the manner in which animals adjust the proportion of energy allocated to growth and storage in response to food availability. We compared univariate growth and length-mass relationships between juvenile adders (Vipera berus) reared under two different feeding regimes. Animals in the low- and high-food expe...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Forsman A,Lindell LE

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I attempted to characterize spatial units of local dynamics and dispersal in banner-tailed kangaroo rats (Dipodomys spectabilis), to determine if spatial structure influenced population dynamics in the way predicted by current metapopulation models. D. spectabilis exhibited a hierarchical spatial structure. "Local pop...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Amarasekare P

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The density of a plant population is expected to influence reproductive success through changes in the quantity and quality of pollination service, or because both density and reproduction respond to quality of the local environment. We reported previously that seed set in sparse natural populations of Delphinium nutt...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Bosch M,Waser NM

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hypothesis for amphibian declines is that increased dryness attributed to global climate change exposes amphibians to greater biotic threat and, consequently, greater mortality. But, little is known about behavioral responses of terrestrial amphibians to dry conditions alone or in combination with biotic threats. ...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Rohr JR,Madison DM

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon isotope ratios, photosynthesis, and transpiration were measured on a xylem-tapping mistletoe (Phoradendron juniperinum) and its host (Juniperus osteosperma) in southern Utah, USA. For host tissues, the carbon isotope ratios agreed with theoretical values predicted from gas exchange observations. However, for mi...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Marshall JD,Ehleringer JR

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At least once a year the mountain pine beetle searches for lodgepole pines that provide a suitable habitat for a new brood. After attacking females feed, they produce an attractant pheromone that causes beetles to aggregate and, during outbreaks, to usually mass attack the "focus" tree. Near the completion of mass att...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Geiszler DR,Gallucci VF,Gara RI

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The population dynamics of snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) are fundamental to the ecosystem dynamics of Canada's boreal forest. During the 8- to 11-year population cycle, hare densities can fluctuate up to 40-fold. Predators in this system (lynx, coyotes, great-horned owls) affect population numbers not only through...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Lavergne SG,McGowan PO,Krebs CJ,Boonstra R

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In annual pastures utilized for grazing, the amount and quality of the standing dry matter in the dry season is of importance for the performance of the animals. Often both characteristics decline at the end of the green season. It is shown, that dispersal of the reproductive structures of the vegetation may be the ma...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： de Ridder N,Seligman NG,van Keulen H

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estuarine assemblages of fishes and natant decapod crustaceans (i.e. nekton) comprise both permanent resident species and juveniles of coastal marine species that use estuaries primarily as nurseries. In an attempt to understand how the young of marine species successfully invade communities of permanent estuarine res...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Kneib RT,Knowlton MK

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small marine invertebrates often use sessile organisms as microhabitats, which can provide food sources and/or serve as refugees from predators. Because of the availability of external food items such as epibionts and detritus in the marine environment, these invertebrates may not depend on the sessile organisms as so...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Kumagai NH

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Existing models of microtine population regulation and life history evolution rely on data derived from empirical studies which assume spatial homogeneity of the sampling unit, and infer that population dynamics can be described adequately by aggregation of individuals differing in sex, age and social status. These as...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Cockburn A,Lidicker WZ Jr

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective feeding by herbivores on establishing seedlings has been suggested to affect genotype frequencies in several plant populations. The existence of genotypes susceptible to herbivores calls for an explanation in such populations. In the present study we assessed the choice of multiple herbivores, field voles (M...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Pusenius J,Prittinen K,Heimonen J,Koivunoro K,Rousi M,Roininen H

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Consumers do not always utilize all suitable hosts. Understanding why parasitic plants do not always parasitize potentially suitable hosts requires a better understanding of the constraints that limit host use by parasitic plants. In Texas salt marshes, the parasitic plant Cuscuta indecora rarely parasitizes three hos...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Marquardt ES,Pennings SC

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many ecologically generalized populations are composed of relatively specialized individuals that selectively consume a subset of their population's diet, a phenomenon known as 'individual specialization'. The Niche Variation Hypothesis posits that this individual specialization can arise during ecological release if ...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Snowberg LK,Hendrix KM,Bolnick DI

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of drought on embryonic development and on hatching was studied in 13 European Tettigoniidae species. Drought can affect development in three different ways: (1) Embryonic development proceeds slower than if the eggs are in contact with water; (2) it stops (for final diapause) in an earlier embryonic stage;...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Ingrisch S

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tree population size structures and dispersion patterns were studied using stem maps in three old-growth western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla Sarg.)-western redcedar (Thuja plicata Donn.) stands in the Rocky Mountains of northern Idaho and adjacent Washington. The two species were codominant in one stand, hemlock domin...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Turner DP,Franz EH

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports a rare example where a native herbivorous insect frequently overexploits local populations of its perennial host. Local dynamics of a flightless weevil (Hadramphus spinipennis, Curculionidae) and its host plant (Aciphylla dieffenbachii, Apiaceae) were assessed for one discrete patch. In this main st...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Schöps K

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies published over the last years suggest that the ability of many species to cope with global change will be closely related to the current amount of plasticity for fitness-related traits. Thus, disentangling general patterns in phenotypic flexibility, which could be then included in models aimed to predi...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Aguilar-Kirigin ÁJ,Naya DE

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cottonwoods are dominant riparian trees of the western United States and are known for their propensity to hybridize. We compared the decomposition of leaf litter from two species (Populus angustifolia and P. fremontii) and their hybrids. Three patterns were found. First, in one terrestrial and two aquatic experiments...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Driebe EM,Whitham TG

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The size of forest fragments, the use of land bordering fragments, and the distance of nests from an edge all affect the frequency of predation upon bird nests in Maine (USA), an area where the forest has been fragmented by roads, but not significantly reduced in area. We placed artificial nests containing quail eggs ...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Small MF,Hunter ML

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regularly inundated region of the middle Amazon river together with its marginal lakes is characterized by special hydrographic, hydrochemical and biological conditions [1-4]. It is called "Várzea". Regular investigations of such Várzea lakes revealed several correlations between changes in water level, thermic an...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： de Menezes Santos U

更新日期：1973-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we examine the influence of temperature on growth, photosynthetic performance and acclimation of two submerged macrophyte species, Elodea canadensis L.C. Rich and Ranunculus aquatilis (L.) Wimmer. The plants were grown at 5, 10 and 15°C and a photon flux density of 300 μmol m-2 s-1 (PAR) in a medium with...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Madsen TV,Brix H

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Demographic, functional, or habitat diversity can confer stability on populations via portfolio effects (PEs) that integrate across multiple ecological responses and buffer against environmental impacts. The prevalence of these PEs in aquatic organisms is as yet unknown, and can be difficult to quantify; however, unde...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Siple MC,Francis TB

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the ecomorphological structure of a guild of rhinolophoid bats in a Malaysian rainforest first described by Heller and von Helversen (1989). These authors found that the distribution of echolocation call frequencies used by 12 syntopic species was more even than expected from allometric relationships or in...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Kingston T,Jones G,Zubaid A,Kunz TH

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of phenotypic variation in nature often consider only a single potential selective agent. In such cases, it remains an open question as to whether variation attributed to that single measured agent might be influenced by some other unmeasured agent. Previous research has shown that phenotypic variation in the ...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Gotanda KM,Delaire LC,Raeymaekers JA,Pérez-Jvostov F,Dargent F,Bentzen P,Scott ME,Fussmann GF,Hendry AP

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We obtined data on body mass and growth rates for the immature members of two groups of wild baboons in Amboseli National Park, Kenya. Data were collected without feeding, trapping, or handling. The data were separated into cross-sectional and longitudinal components, allowing both the examination of body mass-age rel...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Altmann J,Alberts S

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of the landscape by animals is predicted to be a function of their body size. However, empirical data relating these two variables from an array of body sizes within a single mammalian community are scarce. We tested this prediction by assessing landscape use of mammals by analyzing strontium (Sr) isotope sign...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Feranec RS,Hadly EA,Paytan A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00