Conflicting intersexual mate choices maintain interspecific sexual interactionsPopulation Ecology - Tập 57 - Trang 261-271 - 2015
Koh-Ichi Takakura, Takayoshi Nishida, Keisuke Iwao
Reproductive interference, interspecific sexual interactions that affect reproductive success, is found in various taxa and has been considered as a fundamental source of reproductive character displacement (RCD). Once RCD has occurred, persistent interspecific sexual interactions between species pairs are expected to diminish. However, reproductive interference has been reported from some species...... hiện toàn bộ
Are there genetically controlled habitat-specific differences in spatial aggregation of drosophilids?Population Ecology - Tập 46 - Trang 269-274 - 2004
Marko Rohlfs, Thomas S. Hoffmeister
Variation in spatial patterns of competing organisms is of fundamental importance for community and population processes. Yet the mechanisms controlling subjects like the degree of spatial aggregation in competing insect larvae across fragmented resources have rarely been addressed. In the present study, we tested for systematic differences in the spatial distribution patterns of Drosophila subobs...... hiện toàn bộ
Different population responses of three sympatric rodent species to acorn masting—the role of tannin tolerancePopulation Ecology - Tập 59 - Trang 29-43 - 2017
Rokuya Onodera, Yuka Akimoto, Takuya Shimada, Takashi Saitoh
Rodent population dynamics are predicted to respond positively to the masting of acorns, but diverging results have been published. This study tested the hypothesis that population responses to acorn masting vary depending on differences in the tolerance to tannins of different rodent species. The effects of acorn abundance on the rodent population densities were analyzed using a dataset obtained ...... hiện toàn bộ
Dispersal and habitat cuing of Eurasian red squirrels in fragmented habitatsPopulation Ecology - Tập 52 - Trang 527-536 - 2010
Lucas Armand Wauters, Goedele Verbeylen, Damiano Preatoni, Adriano Martinoli, Erik Matthysen
Animal dispersal and subsequent settlement is a key process in the life history of many organisms, when individuals use demographic and environmental cues to target post-dispersal habitats where fitness will be highest. To investigate the hypothesis that environmental disturbance (habitat fragmentation) may alter these cues, we compared dispersal patterns of 60 red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) in ...... hiện toàn bộ
Tiller population dynamics of reciprocally transplanted Eriophorum vaginatum L. ecotypes in a changing climatePopulation Ecology - Tập 57 - Trang 117-126 - 2014
Jennifer L. Chandler, James B. McGraw, Cynthia Bennington, Gaius R. Shaver, Milan C. Vavrek, Ned Fetcher
Moist tussock tundra, dominated by the sedge Eriophorum vaginatum L., covers approximately 3.36 × 108 km2 of arctic surface area along with large amounts of subarctic land area. Eriophorum vaginatum exhibits ecotypic differentiation along latitudinal gradients in Alaska. While ecotypic differentiation may be beneficial during periods of climate stability, it may be detrimental as climate changes, ...... hiện toàn bộ
Toads in the backyard: why do invasive cane toads (Rhinella marina) prefer buildings to bushland?Population Ecology - Tập 58 - Trang 293-302 - 2016
Edna González-Bernal, Matthew J. Greenlees, Gregory P. Brown, Richard Shine
Like many invasive species, cane toads (Rhinella marina) in Australia concentrate in the disturbed habitats created by human activity, rather than in pristine areas. We surveyed cane toads in the wet–dry tropics of the Northern Territory to assess the abundances, body sizes, sexes, behaviour, hydration state and feeding rates of toads around buildings compared to those in areas remote from buildin...... hiện toàn bộ
Density dependence in northern ungulates: interactions with predation and resourcesPopulation Ecology - Tập 51 - Trang 123-132 - 2008
Guiming Wang, N. Thompson Hobbs, Saran Twombly, Randall B. Boone, Andrew W. Illius, Iain J. Gordon, John E. Gross
Variation in the abundance of animals has traditionally been explained as the outcome of endogenous forcing from density dependence and exogenous forcing arising from variation in weather and predation. Emerging evidence suggests that the effects of density dependence interact with external influences on population dynamics. In particular, spatial heterogeneity in resources and the presence of cap...... hiện toàn bộ