Context-dependent landscape of fear: algal density elicits risky herbivory in a coral reef.

abstract：:Sensitivity and elasticity analysis of population projection matrices (PPMs) are established tools in the analysis of structured populations, allowing comparison of the contributions made by different demographic rates to population growth. In some commonly used structures of PPM, however, there are mathematically ine...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Carslake D,Townley S,Hodgson DJ

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interplay between local and large spatial scale processes in open systems is often dependent upon ecological context and species specific factors such as longevity, dispersal capability, or vulnerability to predation. When disturbance clears patches in open systems, the successful reestablishment of adult colonize...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Methratta ET,Petraitis PS

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The theory of evolution via natural selection predicts that the genetic composition of wild populations changes over time in response to the environment. Different genotypes should exhibit different demographic patterns, but genetic variation in demography is often impossible to separate from environmental variation. ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Shefferson RP,Roach DA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herbivores may directly or indirectly affect plant attractiveness to pollinators. Although several studies have reported on these effects, there is yet no general consensus on the strength and sign of such interactions or their contingency on herbivory features such as the plant tissue attacked. We performed a meta-an...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Moreira X,Castagneyrol B,Abdala-Roberts L,Traveset A

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：:Dreissenid mussels, including the zebra (Dreissena polymorpha) and quagga (Dreissena rostiformus bugensis) mussel, are invasive species known for their capacity to act as ecosystem engineers. They have caused significant changes in the many freshwater systems they have invaded by increasing water clarity, reducing pri...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Fera SA,Rennie MD,Dunlop ES

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For animals living in natural or semi-natural settings, empirical data on how sociality changes in response to increasing population density are few, especially with respect to true conspecific density and not group size. However, insight into this line of research may be far-reaching--from understanding density depen...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Vander Wal E,Yip H,McLoughlin PD

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Species intolerant of changing climate might avoid extinction within refugia buffered from extreme conditions. Refugia have been observed in the fossil record but are not well documented or understood on ecological time scales. Using a 37-year record from the eastern Pacific across the two most severe El Niño events o...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Smith TB,Glynn PW,Maté JL,Toth LT,Gyory J

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:The relationship between species richness and environmental variables may change depending on habitat structure, dispersal ability, species mixing, and community adaptation to the environment. It is crucial to know how these factors regulate the environment-diversity relationship. The land molluscan fauna of the Ogasa...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Chiba S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insect mutualisms can have disproportionately large impacts on local arthropod and plant communities and their responses to climatic change. The objective of this study was to determine if the presence of insect mutualisms affects host plant and herbivore responses to warming. Using open-top warming chambers at Harvar...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Marquis M,Del Toro I,Pelini SL

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foundation species structure forest communities and ecosystems but are difficult to identify without long-term observations or experiments. We used statistical criteria--outliers from size-frequency distributions and scale-dependent negative effects on alpha diversity and positive effects on beta diversity--to identif...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Qiao X,Zhang J,Wang Z,Xu Y,Zhou T,Mi X,Cao M,Ye W,Jin G,Hao Z,Wang X,Wang X,Tian S,Li X,Xiang W,Liu Y,Shao Y,Xu K,Sang W,Zeng F,Ren H,Jiang M,Ellison AM

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactive effects of consumers and nutrients on terrestrial plant communities, and the role of plant functional traits in mediating these responses, are poorly known. We carried out a six-year full-factorial field experiment using mammalian herbivore exclusion and fertilization in two habitat types (fertile and ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Eskelinen A,Harrison S,Tuomi M

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Random walks are used to model movement in a wide variety of contexts: from the movement of cells undergoing chemotaxis to the migration of animals. In a two-dimensional biased random walk, the diffusion about the mean drift position is entirely dependent on the moments of the angular distribution used to determine th...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Codling EA,Bearon RN,Thorn GJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research examining the relationship between community diversity and invasions by nonnative species has raised new questions about the theory and management of biological invasions. Ecological theory predicts, and small-scale experiments confirm, lower levels of nonnative species invasion into species-rich compared to ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Belote RT,Jones RH,Hood SM,Wender BW

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within most free-living species exists a cryptic community of interacting parasites. By combining multiscale field data with manipulative experiments, we evaluated patterns of parasite coinfection in amphibian hosts and their underlying mechanisms. Surveys of 86 wetlands and 1273 hosts revealed positive correlations b...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Johnson PT,Buller ID

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animals selecting habitats often have to consider many factors, e.g., food and cover for safety. However, each habitat type often lacks an adequate mixture of these factors. Analyses of habitat selection using resource selection functions (RSFs) for animal radiotelemetry data typically ignore trade-offs, and the fact ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Godvik IM,Loe LE,Vik JO,Veiberg V,Langvatn R,Mysterud A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the factors that affect the performance of plants in their natural environment, it is essential to study interactions with other neighboring plants, as well as with above- and belowground higher trophic organisms. We used a long-term field experiment to study how local plant community diversity influenced...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Bezemer TM,Harvey JA,Kowalchuk GA,Korpershoek H,van der Putten WH

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Essential fatty acids (EFAs) are primarily generated by phytoplankton in aquatic ecosystems, and can limit the growth, development, and reproduction of higher consumers. Among the most critical of the EFAs are highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFAs), which are only produced by certain groups of phytoplankton. Changing ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Charette C,Derry AM

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predators play a key role in shaping natural ecosystems, and understanding the factors that influence a predator's kill rate is central to predicting predator-prey dynamics. While prey density has a well-established effect on predation, it is increasingly apparent that predator density also can critically influence pr...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Hossie TJ,Murray DL

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Statistical thinking in wildlife biology and ecology has been profoundly influenced by the introduction of AIC (Akaike's information criterion) as a tool for model selection and as a basis for model averaging. In this paper, we advocate the Bayesian paradigm as a broader framework for multimodel inference, one in whic...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Link WA,Barker RJ

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding of how plant communities are organized and will respond to global changes requires an understanding of how plant species respond to multiple environmental gradients. We examined the mechanisms mediating the distribution patterns of tidal marsh plants along an estuarine gradient in Georgia (USA) using a c...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Guo H,Pennings SC

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:Carry-over effects have major implications for individual fitness and population and evolutionary dynamics. The strength of these effects is dependent on an individual's intrinsic performance and the environmental conditions it experiences. However, understanding the relative importance of environmental and intrinsic ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Daunt F,Reed TE,Newell M,Burthe S,Phillips RA,Lewis S,Wanless S

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The field of movement ecology has rapidly grown during the last decade, with important advancements in tracking devices and analytical tools that have provided unprecedented insights into where, when, and why species move across a landscape. Although there has been an increasing emphasis on making animal movement data...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Morato RG,Thompson JJ,Paviolo A,de La Torre JA,Lima F,McBride RT Jr,Paula RC,Cullen L Jr,Silveira L,Kantek DLZ,Ramalho EE,Maranhão L,Haberfeld M,Sana DA,Medellin RA,Carrillo E,Montalvo V,Monroy-Vilchis O,Cruz P,Jaco

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A data set of common forest metrics was prepared using inventory data from Ecological Reserves in Maine, northeastern USA. An Ecological Reserve is generally defined as an area where timber harvesting does not occur and natural disturbance events are allowed to proceed without significant human influence. Beginning in...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Kuehne C,Puhlick J,Weiskittel A,Cutko A,Cameron D,Sferra N,Schlawin J

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although invasive species can have substantial impacts on animal communities, cases of invasive species facilitating native species by removing their predators have rarely been demonstrated across vertebrate trophic linkages. The predictable spread of the invasive cane toad (Rhinella marina), however, offered a unique...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Doody JS,Soanes R,Castellano CM,Rhind D,Green B,McHenry CR,Clulow S

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dispersal evolves as an adaptive mechanism to optimize individual fitness across the landscape. Specifically, dispersal represents a mechanism to escape fitness costs resulting from changes in environmental conditions. Decades of empirical work suggest that individuals use local habitat cues to make movement decisions...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Addis BR,Lowe WH

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For decades, ecologists have been testing for species saturation by using regression analysis to determine the relationship between local and regional species richness. The cumulative result of scores of studies and meta-analyses has led to a general consensus that evidence of species saturation is relatively uncommon...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Szava-Kovats RC,Ronk A,Pärtel M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal endophytes are found in asymptomatic photosynthetic tissues of all major lineages of land plants. The ubiquity of these cryptic symbionts is clear, but the scale of their diversity, host range, and geographic distributions are unknown. To explore the putative hyperdiversity of tropical leaf endophytes, we compa...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Arnold AE,Lutzoni F

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00