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1. Experimental evidence for fundamental, and not realized, niche partitioning in a plant–herbivore community interaction network

Author:
Willem J. Augustyn; Bruce Anderson; Allan G. Ellis
Source:
journal of animal ecology 2016 v.85 no.4 pp. 994-1003
ISSN:
0021-8790
Subject:
Cicadellidae; Restionaceae; community structure; experimental design; host plants; interspecific competition; niches; predation
Abstract:
... Patterns of niche partitioning can result from local ecological interactions (e.g. interspecific competition) occurring within a contemporary time frame (realized niche partitioning). Alternatively, they may represent the end product of historical processes acting over long time frames (fundamental niche partitioning). Niche partitioning is often detected by analysing patterns of resource use with ...
DOI:
10.1111/1365-2656.12536

2. Experimental parasite community ecology: intraspecific variation in a large tapeworm affects community assembly

Author:
Daniel P. Benesh; Martin Kalbe
Source:
journal of animal ecology 2016 v.85 no.4 pp. 1004-1013
ISSN:
0021-8790
Subject:
Gasterosteus aculeatus; Schistocephalus; Trematoda; cages; community structure; cross immunity; energy; field experimentation; fish; foraging; immune response; interspecific competition; intraspecific variation; lakes; tapeworms
Abstract:
... Non‐random species associations occur in naturally sampled parasite communities. The processes resulting in predictable community structure (e.g. particular host behaviours, cross‐immunity, interspecific competition) could be affected by traits that vary within a parasite species, like growth or antigenicity. We experimentally infected three‐spined sticklebacks with a large tapeworm (Schistocephal ...
DOI:
10.1111/1365-2656.12527

3. Interactions between plants and primates shape community diversity in a rainforest in Madagascar

Author:
James P. Herrera
Source:
journal of animal ecology 2016 v.85 no.4 pp. 982-993
ISSN:
0021-8790
Subject:
Primates; community structure; environmental factors; functional diversity; habitat destruction; habitats; models; phenotype; phylogeny; rain forests; trees; Madagascar
Abstract:
... Models of ecological community assembly predict how communities of interacting organisms may be shaped by abiotic and biotic factors. Competition and environmental filtering are the predominant factors hypothesized to explain community assembly. This study tested the effects of habitat, phylogenetic and phenotypic trait predictors on species co‐occurrence patterns and abundances, with the endemic ...
DOI:
10.1111/1365-2656.12532

4. Phylogenetic community structure of North American desert bats: influence of environment at multiple spatial and taxonomic scales

Author:
Lorelei E. Patrick; Richard D. Stevens
Source:
journal of animal ecology 2016 v.85 no.4 pp. 1118-1130
ISSN:
0021-8790
Subject:
Chiroptera; biogeography; climate; community structure; deserts; environmental factors; habitats; phylogeny; temperature
Abstract:
... Numerous processes influence community structure. The relative importance of these processes is thought to vary with spatial, temporal and taxonomic scales: density‐dependent interactions are thought to be most important at small scales; at intermediate scales, environmental conditions may be the most influential factor; and biogeographic processes are thought to be of greater importance at larger ...
DOI:
10.1111/1365-2656.12529