Reproductive allocation in plants as affected by elevated carbon dioxide and other environmental changes: a synthesis using meta-analysis and graphical vector analysis.

abstract：:Predation by Saduria entomon on the depositfeeding amphipods Monoporeia (=Pontoporeia) affinis and Pontoporeia femorata was studied in laboratory experiments. Prey vulnerabilities were compared in singleprey treatments and in mixed-prey treatments, where the proportions of the two species were varied at one total dens...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Hill C,Elmgren R

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of studies at large scales have pointed out that abiotic factors and recolonization dynamics appear to be more important than biotic interactions in structuring stream-fish assemblages. In contrast, experimental and field studies at small scales show the importance of competition among stream fishes. However,...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Peres-Neto PR

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ideal free distribution (IFD) models predict that animals distribute themselves such that no individual can increase its fitness by moving to another patch. Many empirical tests assume that the interference among animals is independent of density and do not quantify the effects of density on fitness traits. Using two ...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： van der Hammen T,Montserrat M,Sabelis MW,de Roos AM,Janssen A

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the tropical dry forest of the central Pacific coast of Mexico the pollination and reproductive success of the bombacaceous tree Ceiba grandiflora was negatively affected by habitat disruption. Two of the three bat species that function as effective pollinators for this species ( Glossophaga soricina and Musonycter...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Quesada M,Stoner KE,Rosas-Guerrero V,Palacios-Guevara C,Lobo JA

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The host specificity of insect parasitoids and herbivores is thought to be shaped by a suite of traits that mediate host acceptance and host suitability. We conducted laboratory experiments to identify mechanisms shaping the host specificity of the aphid parasitoid Binodoxys communis. Twenty species of aphids were exp...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Desneux N,Barta RJ,Hoelmer KA,Hopper KR,Heimpel GE

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amount of calcium in Eucalyptus diversicolor (karri) ecosystems is high in comparison with other eucalypt forest ecosystems in Australia. A large proportion of this calcium is present as crystalline Ca oxalate. Whewellite (CaC2O4·H2O) accumulates in leaf tissue of the over- and understorey species. Up to 70% of th...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： O'Connell AM,Malajczuk N,Gailitis V

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seasonal and nutritionally induced changes of whole body protein metabolism have been studied in 45 to 57 mm shell-length Mytilus edulis from Whitsand Bay, southwest England. The subtraction of measured net protein balances from coincident rates of protein synthesis, determined in vivo by supplying 15N-labelled alga a...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Hawkins AJ

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sea lion and seal populations in Alaskan waters underwent various degrees of decline during the latter half of the twentieth century and the cause(s) for the declines remain uncertain. The stable carbon ((13)C/(12)C) and nitrogen ((15)N/(14)N) isotope ratios in bone collagen from wild Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jub...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Hirons AC,Schell DM,Finney BP

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies focused on how prey trade-off predation and starvation risk are prevalent in behavioral ecology. However, our current understanding of these trade-offs is limited in one key respect: we know little about the behavior of predators. In this study, we provide some of the first detailed information on temporal pat...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Roth TC 2nd,Lima SL

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predator-generated variation in prey energy intake remains the dominant explanation of adaptive response to predation risk in prey life history, morphology and physiology across a wide range of taxa. This "behavioural hypothesis" suggest that chemical or visual signals of predation risk reduce prey energy intake leadi...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Beckerman AP,Wieski K,Baird DJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments are described which demonstrate that the seeds of the desert species Blepharis persica are capable of germinating within 50 min of being exposed to moisture. Their radicles reach a length of about 49 mm within the first 24 h from wetting. The seeds can germinate in light and dark at temperatures ranging fr...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Gutterman Y

更新日期：1972-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impacts of disturbance on biodiversity and distributions have been studied in many systems. Yet, comparatively less is known about how lichens-obligate symbiotic organisms-respond to disturbance. Successful establishment and development of lichens require a minimum of two compatible yet usually unrelated species t...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Tripp EA,Lendemer JC,McCain CM

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diurnal changes in proline and water contents of Zygophyllum quatarense and Francoeuria crispa were investigated under desert conditions. In both plants, the proline content was low before sunrise amounting to 10.42 μmoles/g fresh weight in Zygophyllum and 6.3 μmoles/g fresh weight in Francoeuria. By the progress ...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Batanouny KH,Ebeid MM

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptopterna dolobrata (L.) (Holarctis) and Calocoris roseomaculatus (De Geer) (Palaearctis) are single-brooded in the whole range of their distribution and hibernate in the egg stage. Both species are active only for 21/2 months, while the egg stage lasts over 9 months.The main food plants of Leptopterna are Dactylis ...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Braune HJ

更新日期：1971-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four brook-dwelling populations of Ancylus fluviatilis were studied. Data on life-cycle, specimen number, biomass and egg capsule biomass are reported. By means of experimental data on ingestion, assimilation, growth and egg-production, energy balances are calculated for whole populations.Mean annual biomass turned ou...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Streit B

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need to allocate a limited amount of energy between different life-history traits is a fundamental assumption in life-history theory. However, it has often turned out to be extremely difficult to measure the competing processes that contribute to costs or benefits for individual organisms. The present investigatio...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Stadler B

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant isoprene emissions are known to contribute to abiotic stress tolerance, especially during episodes of high temperature and drought, and during cellular oxidative stress. Recent studies have shown that genetic transformations to add or remove isoprene emissions cause a cascade of cellular modifications that inclu...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Monson RK,Weraduwage SM,Rosenkranz M,Schnitzler JP,Sharkey TD

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Convergent growth regulation, where individuals adjust their growth trajectories to reach a targeted final body size, has been reported for many arthropod taxa. Divergent growth, where larger individuals grow proportionately more than smaller individuals, is seldom observed. Most studies based their conclusions on gro...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Lytle DA

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controls of fine dynamics were investigated in a Pinus palustris Mill. (longleaf pine) woodland subjected to two understory vegetation treatments (control versus removed) and four overstory treatments (no gap control, and canopy gaps of three sizes with constant total gap area per stand). Fine root (<2 mm diameter) dy...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Jones RH,Mitchell RJ,Stevens G,Pecot S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research has shown that many mutualistic communities display non-random structures. While our understanding of the structural properties of mutualistic communities continues to improve, we know little of the biological variables resulting in them. Mutualistic communities include those formed between ants and ex...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Chamberlain SA,Kilpatrick JR,Holland JN

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variation in plant resistance to pathogen infection is commonly observed in interactions between wild plants and their foliar pathogens. Models of host-pathogen interactions indicate that a large cost of infection is generally necessary to maintain this variation, yet there is limited evidence that foliar pathogens ca...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Goss EM,Bergelson J

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prey intake and selection were related to within-shoal position for Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) engaged in annual migration across the Newfoundland shelf in the northwest Atlantic. Comparisons made among fish occupying five regions from the front to rear of a large (>10 km across) migrating shoal indicated that leadin...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： DeBlois EM,Rose GA

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:If the natural enemy component of biological control is functional in small mammals, then the introduciton of weasels should effectively reduce populations of deer mice and Oregon voles. Seven weasels introduced to an area of forest habitat in coastal British Columbia did not appreciably lower the abundance of mice or...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Sullivan TP,Sullivan DS

更新日期：1980-01-01 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：:Studies that test community assembly hypotheses in observational communities frequently evaluate patterns for plots or entire communities, yet studies that examine assembly patterns across spatial scales show that they are greatly influenced by scale. Here, we test the spatial dependency of patterns of relatedness and...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Jin LS,Yin D,Fortin MJ,Cadotte MW

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid and often remote location of suitable habitats used by migrating organisms is often critical to their subsequent recruitment, fitness and survival, and this includes in the marine environment. However, for the non-feeding post-larval stage of spiny lobsters, effective settlement cues for habitat selection ar...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Stanley JA,Hesse J,Hinojosa IA,Jeffs AG

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The costs and benefits of resource integration in Hydrocotyle bonariensis were examined by comparing severed and intact clones grown across multiple resource gradients. Basipetal movement of water, nitrogen and photosynthates was demonstrated to occur between two rhizome branch systems interconnecting hundreds of rame...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Evans JP

更新日期：1991-04-01 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：:Although insect herbivores have many well documented effects on plant performance, there are few studies that assess the impact of above-ground herbivory on below-ground plant growth. For a seven year period in which no large-scale herbivore outbreaks occurred, a broad spectrum insecticide was utilized to suppress her...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Cain ML,Carson WP,Root RB

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Birds searching for insects in the canopy of a northern hardwoods forest depart significantly from random in their use of tree species, even when these trees are generally similar in life form. All 10 foliage-dwelling bird species in the Hubbard Brook forest showed preferences for Yellow Birch, most had an aversion to...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Holmes RT,Robinson SK

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00