Specialization in plant –pollinator networks: insights from local-scale interactions in Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada
The occurrence and frequency of plant –pollinator interactions are acknowledged to be a function of multiple factors, including the spatio-temporal distribution of species. The study of pollination specializati... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - September 6, 2019 Category: Biology Authors: Soraya Villalobos, Jos é Manuel Sevenello-Montagner and Jana C. Vamosi Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Plant composition changes in a small-scale community have a large effect on the performance of an economically important grassland pest
The grasshopper Oedaleus asiaticus Bey-Bienko (Acrididae: Oedipodinae) is a dominant and economically important pest that is widely distributed across the Mongolian plateau. This herbivore pest causes major damag... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - September 4, 2019 Category: Biology Authors: Xinghu Qin, Huihui Wu, Xunbing Huang, T. Ryan Lock, Robert L. Kallenbach, Jingchuan Ma, Md. Panna Ali, Xiongbing Tu, Guangchun Cao, Guangjun Wang, Xiangqun Nong, Mark R. McNeill and Zehua Zhang Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Habitat requirements of the European brown hare (Lepus europaeus Pallas 1778) in an intensively used agriculture region (Lower Saxony, Germany)
The European brown hare (Lepus europaeus) typically resides in open habitats in agriculturally dominated landscapes in Europe. Over recent decades, a widely observed population decline occurred, which was attribu... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - August 8, 2019 Category: Biology Authors: Katharina Sliwinski, Katrin Ronnenberg, Klaus Jung, Egbert Strau ß and Ursula Siebert Tags: Research article Source Type: research
No evidence of flowering synchronization upon floral volatiles for a short lived annual plant species: revisiting an appealing hypothesis
Self-incompatible plants require simultaneous flowering mates for crosspollination and reproduction. Though the presence of flowering conspecifics and pollination agents are important for reproductive success,... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - August 7, 2019 Category: Biology Authors: Ute Fricke, Dani Lucas-Barbosa and Jacob C. Douma Tags: Research article Source Type: research
The Hermans –Rasson test as a powerful alternative to the Rayleigh test for circular statistics in biology
Circular data are gathered in diverse fields of science where measured traits are cyclical in nature: such as compass directions or times of day. The most common statistical question asked of a sample of circu... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - August 7, 2019 Category: Biology Authors: Lukas Landler, Graeme D. Ruxton and E. Pascal Malkemper Tags: Methodology article Source Type: research
Explosive breeding in tropical anurans: environmental triggers, community composition and acoustic structure
Anurans largely rely on acoustic communication for sexual selection and reproduction. While multiple studies have focused on the calling activity patterns of prolonged breeding assemblages, species that concen... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - July 19, 2019 Category: Biology Authors: Juan Sebastian Ulloa, Thierry Aubin, Diego Llusia, Élodie A. Courtois, Antoine Fouquet, Philippe Gaucher, Sandrine Pavoine and Jérôme Sueur Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Modeling future wildlife habitat suitability: serious climate change impacts on the potential distribution of the Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta japonica in Japan ’s northern Alps
The Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta japonica lives in the alpine zones of central Japan, which is the southern limit of the global distribution for this species. This species is highly dependent on alpine habitats, w... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - July 10, 2019 Category: Biology Authors: Masanobu Hotta, Ikutaro Tsuyama, Katsuhiro Nakao, Masaaki Ozeki, Motoki Higa, Yuji Kominami, Takashi Hamada, Tetsuya Matsui, Masatsugu Yasuda and Nobuyuki Tanaka Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Spatial and temporal dynamics of Antarctic shallow soft-bottom benthic communities: ecological drivers under climate change
Marine soft sediments are some of the most widespread habitats in the ocean, playing a vital role in global carbon cycling, but are amongst the least studied with regard to species composition and ecosystem fu... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - July 1, 2019 Category: Biology Authors: Belinda J. Vause, Simon A. Morley, Vera G. Fonseca, Anna Ja żdżewska, Gail V. Ashton, David K. A. Barnes, Hendrik Giebner, Melody S. Clark and Lloyd S. Peck Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Are all patches worth exploring? Foraging desert birds do not rely on environmental indicators of seed abundance at small scales
Consumers should show strong spatial preferences when foraging in environments where food availability is highly heterogeneous and predictable. Postdispersal granivores face this scenario in most arid areas, w... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - June 18, 2019 Category: Biology Authors: Fernando A. Milesi, Javier Lopez de Casenave and V íctor R. Cueto Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Light pollution affects space use and interaction of two small mammal species irrespective of personality
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is one form of human-induced rapid environmental changes (HIREC) and is strongly interfering with natural dark –light cycles. Some personality types within a species might be be... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - June 18, 2019 Category: Biology Authors: Julia Hoffmann, Annika Schirmer and Jana Anja Eccard Tags: Research article Source Type: research
The relative contributions of climate, soil, diversity and interactions to leaf trait variation and spectrum of invasive Solidago canadensis
Invasive plants commonly occupy diverse habitats and thus must adapt to changing environmental pressures through altering their traits and economics spectra, and addressing these patterns and their drivers has... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - June 15, 2019 Category: Biology Authors: Li-Jia Dong and Wei-Ming He Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Factors affecting formation of adventitious branches in the seaweeds Fucus vesiculosus and F. radicans
In the brackish Baltic Sea, shedding of adventitious branches is central to asexual recruitment of new thalli in the brown algae Fucus vesiculosus and F. radicans. To test which factors influence the formation of... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - June 4, 2019 Category: Biology Authors: Alexandra Kinnby, Ricardo T. Pereyra, Jonathan N. Havenhand, Pierre De Wit, Per R. Jonsson, Henrik Pavia and Kerstin Johannesson Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Effect of variation in objective resource value on extreme male combat in a quasi-gregarious species, Anastatus disparis
Aggressive behaviour is widely observed in animal kingdom, which compete for resources such as territory, food and mates. Resource value is the most important non-strategic factor influencing fighting behaviou... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - May 23, 2019 Category: Biology Authors: Peng-Cheng Liu and De-Jun Hao Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Sources of variation in social tolerance in mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.)
Social tolerance strongly influences the patterns of affiliation and aggression in animal societies. However, not much is known about the variation of social tolerance in species living in dispersed social sys... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - May 17, 2019 Category: Biology Authors: Mamy Rina Evasoa, Elke Zimmermann, Alida Frankline Hasiniaina, Solofonirina Rasoloharijaona, Blanchard Randrianambinina and Ute Radespiel Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Amphibian community structure along elevation gradients in eastern Nepal Himalaya
Species richness and composition pattern of amphibians along elevation gradients in eastern Nepal Himalaya are rarely investigated. This is a first ever study in the Himalayan elevation gradient, the world ’s h... (Source: BMC Ecology)
Source: BMC Ecology - May 2, 2019 Category: Biology Authors: Janak R. Khatiwada, Tian Zhao, Youhua Chen, Bin Wang, Feng Xie, David C. Cannatella and Jianping Jiang Tags: Research article Source Type: research
