Control of foraging behavior of individuals within an ecosystem context: the clam Macoma balthica and interactions between competition and siphon cropping.

abstract：:We examined the functional response and foraging behavior of young moose (Alces alces) and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) relative to animal size and the size and distribution of browse patches. The animals were offered one, three, or nine stems of dormant red maple (Acer rubrum) in hand-assembled patches ...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Shipley LA,Spalinger DE

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large-bodied zooplankton of the genus Daphnia are thought to be keystone species in freshwater pelagic habitats, potentially able to exert strong grazing effects and enhance phosphorus limitation of algae. I examined the degree to which Daphnia pulex differ from small-bodied zooplankton in their effects on algal bioma...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Steiner CF

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant secondary compounds are recognized deterrents and toxins to a variety of herbivores. The effect of secondary compounds on water balance of herbivores is virtually unexplored, yet secondary compounds could potentially cause a decrease in an animal's ability to maintain water balance. We investigated the effects o...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Dearing DM,Mangione AM,Karasov WH

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the relationship between size variability and the distribution of functional gender in stands of the monoecious, wind-pollinated annual Ambrosia artemisiifolia. Populations of 60 individuals were grown in the greenhouse at a density of 372 m-2 and at two nutrient levels. Among the surviving plants, after s...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Ackerly DD,Jasieński M

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first study to investigate whether scatter-hoarding behavior, a conditional mutualism, can be disrupted by forest fragmentation. We examined whether acouchies (Myoprocta acouchy, Rodentia) and agoutis (Dasyprocta leporina, Rodentia) changed scatter-hoarding behavior toward seeds of Astrocaryum aculeatum (A...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Jorge ML,Howe HF

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between the anther smutMicrobotryum violaceum and its hostSilene dioica was studied during 1985-1990 in 47 populations of different ages, sizes and densities, in an archipelago area in northern Sweden. The sizes of these populations had also been surveyed in the early 1970s. Our results indicate that e...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Carlsson U,Elmqvist T

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant compensatory growth responses to herbivory are mediated by soil fertility and can have significant feedbacks that affect overall ecosystem nutrient cycling. The sedge Eriophorum vaginatum is the dominant graminoid in arctic mesic tundra, and is heavily consumed by caribou. Here, we compare the principal compensa...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Grogan P,Zamin TJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Populations ofDipodomys microps andD. merriami in eastern California (37°11'N. Lat.) are active on the surface throughout the night and during the whole year. These two species, and the males and females within each species, show no significant differences in times of beginning or end of activity. Beginning and end of...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Kenagy GJ

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At Bakers Hill, differential winter mortality of juvenile slowgrowing Amphibolurus ornatus is correlated with the incidence of frosts (Bradshaw, 1971). The present study shows that the probability an individual will spend the night in a refuge that is safe from the lethal effect of a frost is directly related to the i...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Baverstock PR

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecological systems have naturally high interannual variance in phenology. Component species have presumably evolved to maintain appropriate phenologies under historical climates, but cases of inappropriate phenology can be expected with climate change. Understanding controls on phenology permits predictions of ecologi...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Valtonen A,Ayres MP,Roininen H,Pöyry J,Leinonen R

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:This paper considers prey size selection by four molluscivorous cichlids feeding on the intermediate host snail of Schistosoma parasites, Biomphalaria glabrata. Haplochromis ishmaeli obtains its prey by crushing the snails between the pharyngeal jaws, whereas H. xenognathus, H. sauvagei and Macropleurodus bicolor appl...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Slootweg R

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Warming effects on shoot growth, production, reproductive activity, and vegetation structure of alpine shrubs were measured over 5 years in a mid-latitude alpine fellfield in northern Japan. Open-top chambers (OTC) increased the daily mean air-temperature by 1.5-2.3 degrees C throughout the growing season but the effe...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Kudo G,Suzuki S

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The compensatory growth potential of a grazed fungal biomass was mathematically expressed as a function of patchiness in its distribution and demonstrated in an experiment using the fungivorous collembolan Onychiurus armatus and the soil fungi Verticillium bulbillosum and Penicillium spinulosum. The model addresses th...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Bengtsson G,Hedlund K,Rundgren S

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Desert populations of the evergreen dioecious shrub Simmondsia chinensis exhibit sex-related leaf and canopy dimorphisms not present in populations from more mesic coastal environments. Leaves on female shrubs have characteristically larger sizes, greater specific weights, and greater water-holding capacity than male ...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Wallace CS,Rundel PW

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cosmopolitan species of cellular slime molds occur continents apart in both tropical and temperate zones of the world though the spore masses are too heavy to be wind borne, and water dispersal is limited to the watercourses. A highly mobile distribution vector was found in ground-feeding migratory song birds. Nine ub...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Suthers HB

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven North American moss species responded differentially to fumigations with sulfur dioxide ranging from 0.5 to 4.0 ppm. Leucobryum glaucum and Dicranum scoparium were the most sensitive species; Dicranella heterophylla, Polytrichum ohioense and Pottia truncata, the most resistant. The results of fumigations with 0....

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Nash TH 3rd,Nash EH

更新日期：1974-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tree leaf litter inputs to freshwater systems are a major resource and primary drivers of ecosystem processes and structure. Spatial variation in tree species distributions and forest composition control litter inputs across landscapes, but inputs to individual lentic habitat patches are determined by adjacent plant c...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Pintar MR,Resetarits WJ

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing recognition that changes in vegetation composition can strongly influence peatland carbon cycling, with potential feedbacks to future climate. Nevertheless, despite accelerated climate and vegetation change in this ecosystem, the growth responses of peatland plant species to combined warming and veget...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Walker TN,Ward SE,Ostle NJ,Bardgett RD

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has commonly been assumed that pollinator energy intake increases with flowering plant density, and visitation to flowers should therefore be higher in denser stands. I therefore investigated the relationship between flight distance and flight time for bumblebees and butterflies foraging on Senecio integerrimus and...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Schmitt J

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Climate change is expected to reduce annual precipitation by 20% and increase its standard deviation by 20% in the eastern Mediterranean. We have examined how these changes may affect herbaceous aboveground net primary production (ANPP) and its inter-annual coefficient of variation (CV) in natural rangelands along a d...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Golodets C,Sternberg M,Kigel J,Boeken B,Henkin Z,Seligman NG,Ungar ED

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the epiphytic lichen vegetation on maple trees along an 1.1-km avenue leading from the outer suburbs of Freiburg toward the city center. A special aim of this investigation was to examine the variation in the coverage by lichens altogether and by each lichen species as a function of increasing dis...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Wirth V,Brinckmann B

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arthropods and pathogens damage leaves in natural ecosystems and may reduce photosynthesis at some distance away from directly injured tissue. We quantified the indirect effects of naturally occurring biotic damage on leaf-level photosystem II operating efficiency (Phi(PSII)) of 11 understory hardwood tree species usi...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Aldea M,Hamilton JG,Resti JP,Zangerl AR,Berenbaum MR,Frank TD,Delucia EH

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Terpenoid emissions from ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa subsp. scopulorum) were measured in Colorado, USA over two growing seasons to evaluate the role of incident light, needle temperature, and stomatal conductance in controlling emissions of 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol (MBO) and several monoterpenes. MBO was the dominant...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Harley P,Eller A,Guenther A,Monson RK

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The absence of essential biochemical nutrients, such as polyunsaturated fatty acids or sterols, has been considered as a mechanism determining trophic interactions between the herbivore Daphnia and its phytoplankton food source. Here, we experimentally quantify the sensitivity of two Daphnia species to decreasing amou...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Martin-Creuzburg D,Wacker A,von Elert E

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In highly dynamic and unpredictable environments such as the Southern Ocean, species that have evolved behaviors that reduce the effects of intra-specific competition may have a selective advantage. This is particularly true when juveniles face disadvantages when foraging due to morphological or physiological limitati...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Field IC,Bradshaw CJ,Burton HR,Sumner MD,Hindell MA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weight losses from sweet chestnut and beech leaves, attributable to biotic and abiotic breakdown processes, leaching and microbial decomposition have been studied using tethered leaves and litter bags. The experimental sites were two adjacent areas of deciduous woodland. In one area (the Castanea site) a mor-like mode...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Anderson JM

更新日期：1973-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The food selection of the common goby, Pomatoschistus microps Krøyer, was studied in the field and in laboratory experiments on the Swedish west coast. The three most important prey organisms for P. microps in the study area were Corophium volutator, chironomid larvae and Nereis spp. Corophium was consumed more than a...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Magnhagen C,Wiederholm AM

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that a heterogeneous environment enhances species richness and allows for the coexistence of species. However, there is increasing evidence that environmental heterogeneity can have no effect or even a negative effect on plant species richness and plant coexistence at a local scale. We examined w...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Douda J,Doudová-Kochánková J,Boublík K,Drašnarová A

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The principal function of isoprene biosynthesis in plants remains unclear, but emission rates are positively correlated with temperature and light, supporting a role for isoprene in maintaining photosynthesis under transient heat and light stress from sunflecks. Isoprene production is also inversely correlated with CO...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Way DA,Schnitzler JP,Monson RK,Jackson RB

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00