More than just drought: complexity of recruitment patterns in Mediterranean forests.

abstract：:An adaptive explanation for environmental sex determination is that it promotes sexual size dimorphism when larger size benefits one sex more than the other. That is, if growth rates are determined by environment during development, then it is beneficial to match developmental environment to the sex that benefits more...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： St Clair RC

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaf turnover and aboveground productivity in relation to nutrient availability were studied in the evergreen shrubs Erica tetralix and Calluna vulgaris. In monospecific stands of these species four levels of nutrient (NPK) availability were created during three growing seasons. Percentage survival and life expectancy...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Aerts R

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the Arctic warms, tundra vegetation is becoming taller and more structurally complex, as tall deciduous shrubs become increasingly dominant. Emerging studies reveal that shrubs exhibit photosynthetic resource partitioning, akin to forests, that may need accounting for in the "big leaf" net ecosystem exchange models...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Boelman NT,Magney TS,Logan BA,Griffin KL,Eitel JU,Greaves H,Prager CM,Vierling LA

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of trade-offs between reproduction and other fitness traits is a fundamental principle of life history theory. For many plant species, the cost of sexual reproduction affects vegetative growth in years of high seed production through the allocation of resources to reproduction at different hierarchical lev...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Sánchez-Humanes B,Sork VL,Espelta JM

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using field and laboratory observations and experiments over 3 years, I investigated whether reproductive trade-offs shape individual life histories in two natural populations of the water strider, Aquarius remigis, in which univoltine and bivoltine life cycles coexist. Both later eclosion dates and food shortages, ev...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Blanckenhorn WU

更新日期：1994-04-01 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：:Seasonal changes in the photosynthetic characteristics of intact involucral leaves of Anemone raddeana were investigated under laboratory conditions. Net photosynthesis and constant water vapor pressure deficit showed almost the same seasonal trend. They increased rapidly from mid-April immediately after unfolding of ...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Yoshie F,Yoshida S

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the oviposition response of a specialist weevil (Mogulones larvatus) to patches of its host, the noxious weed Paterson"s curse/salvation Jane (Echium plantagineum). We simultaneously examined the effect of patch size and plant density (and their interaction), on the recorded oviposition patterns. O...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Shea K,Smyth M,Sheppard A,Morton R,Chalimbaud J

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：: In spite of recent theoretical interest, few field studies have addressed the links between individual behavioral decisions and population distribution. This work analyzes the foraging behavior of individuals and the spatial distribution of a population of blue tits (Parus caeruleus) just before the main breeding sea...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Pulido FJ,Díaz M

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many bumblebee species are declining at a rapid rate in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. This is commonly attributed to the decline in floral resources that has resulted from an intensification in farming practices. Here we assess growth of nests of the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, in habitats providing different le...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Goulson D,Hughes W,Derwent L,Stout J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dusky-footed woodrats (Neotoma fuscipes) and desert woodrats (N. lepida) experience pronounced seasonal variations in the aridity of their habitats. The effects of seasonal aridity upon the water conserving abilities of these species were assessed through measurements of water conserving abilities and kidney structure...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Stallone JN

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some individual plants of the mustard Brassica nigra in lowland California kill eggs of the Crucifer-specialist herbivores Pieris rapae and P. napi by producing a necrotic zone at the base of the egg, thereby apparently desicating it. This is a typical hypersensitivity reaction, but to an atypical stimulus. The eggs c...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Shapiro AM,DeVay JE

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimates were made of the ecological fish production in two small lowland rivers uninhabited by salmonids. Eight sites were examined in the Utrata River drainage basin, and five in the Zalewka Brook. Nets were placed at the upper and lower limits of each site and fish were captured using electrofishing apparatus; at ...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Penczak T

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seasonal excavations of ramet systems in overlapping natural populations of Typha latifolia and T. angustifolia revealed intrapopulation variation in ramet size and reproduction. Reproductive "states" were recognized based on whether or not a ramet had flowered and the number of offspring ramets it possessed. As the g...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Grace JB,Wetzel RG

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we test the influence of temperature and interference competition by dominant species on the foraging of subordinate species in Mediterranean ant communities. We have analyzed the changes in resource use by subordinate species in plots with different abundances of dominant ants, and in different periods ...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Cerdá X,Retana J,Manzaneda A

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：:Leaf-chewing herbivores select food with a protein/carbohydrate ratio of 0.8-1.5, whereas phloem sap, which aphids feed on, has a ratio of approximately 0.1. Enhanced N fertilization increases the amino acid concentration in phloem sap and elevates the N/C ratio. The study examines: (1) whether aphids select between p...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Nowak H,Komor E

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of potential competitors has been driven by the concept of limiting similarity. Lacking are explicit tests of interaction strength among morphologically similar and dissimilar species. I used the mottled sculpin, Cottus bairdi, as a focal species in an artificial stream experiment designed to compar...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Resetarits WJ Jr

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Every summer the deepest parts of the inner Flensburg fjord are subject to O2-deficiency lasting from a few weeks to several months. In spring, however, populations of Metridium senile can be found in these areas, in spite of the fact that frequently the local anoxic period of the previous summer has been 2-3 times lo...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Wahl M

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to enhanced levels of ambient ultraviolet (UV) radiation (UVR) can have adverse effects on aquatic organisms including damage at the cellular and molecular level and impairment of development, fecundity and survival. Much research has been conducted on the role of the harmful UVB radiation. However, due to it...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Rick IP,Mehlis M,Eßer E,Bakker TC

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental filtering and niche differentiation are processes proposed to drive community assembly, generating nonrandom patterns in community trait distributions. Despite the substantial intraspecific trait variation present in plant communities, most previous studies of trait-based community assembly have used spe...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Siefert A

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analysed the spatial and temporal pattern of egg laying in great spotted cuckoo females using microsatellite typing to determine parentage of the eggs and nestlings found in host (magpie) nests. The results showed that there were no exclusive laying territories in the study area. Cases of multiparasitism could be d...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Martínez JG,Soler JJ,Soler M,Burke T

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested whether interspecific competition from Aedes albopictus had measurable effects on A. aegypti at the typical numbers of larval mosquitoes found in cemetery vases in south Florida. We also tested whether the effect of interspecific competition from A. albopictus on A. aegypti differed between sites where A. ae...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Juliano SA,Lounibos LP,O'Meara GF

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Future climate scenarios forecast a 10-50% decline in rainfall in Eastern Amazonia. Altered precipitation patterns may change important ecosystem functions like decomposition through either changes in physical and chemical processes or shifts in the activity and/or composition of species. We experimentally manipulated...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Rodríguez Pérez H,Borrel G,Leroy C,Carrias JF,Corbara B,Srivastava DS,Céréghino R

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bryophytes dominate the carbon and nitrogen cycling of many poorly drained terrestrial ecosystems and are important in the vegetation-atmosphere exchange of carbon and water, yet few studies have estimated their leaf area at the stand scale. This study quantified the bryophyte-specific leaf area (SLA) and leaf area in...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Bond-Lamberty B,Gower ST

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：:Senecio vulgaris from ruderal habitats may colonise crop fields and persist in the new environment. Persistence may occur through phenotypic plasticity or genetic differentiation. In the presence of genetic variation, differential responses of life history traits to selection may lead to local adaptation. A reciprocal...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Leiss KA,Müller-Schärer H

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Northern hemispheric background concentrations of ozone are increasing, but few studies have assessed the ecological significance of these changes for grasslands of high conservation value under field conditions. We carried out a 3-year field experiment in which ozone was released at a controlled rate over three exper...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Wedlich KV,Rintoul N,Peacock S,Cape JN,Coyle M,Toet S,Barnes J,Ashmore M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity behaviour of the common vole, Microtus arvalis was studied in an enclosure during a one-year cycle. The number of voles varied between 2 and 25 specimens. Emergence from burrows, running through pathways and visits at a feeding site were automatically recorded by passage counters which we developed for us...

journal_title：Oecologia

authors： Lehmann U,Sommersberg CW

更新日期：1980-01-01 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