A new probabilistic method for quantifying n‐dimensional ecological niches and niche overlap

HK Swanson, M Lysy, M Power, AD Stasko… - Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Considerable progress has been made in the development of statistical tools to quantify
trophic relationships using stable isotope ratios, including tools that address size and …

Food‐web structure and ecosystem function in the Laurentian Great Lakes—Toward a conceptual model

JT Ives, BC McMeans, KS McCann, AT Fisk… - Freshwater …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The relationship between food‐web structure (ie, trophic connections, including diet, trophic
position, and habitat use, and the strength of these connections) and ecosystem functions …

Reframing the mammoth steppe: insights from analysis of isotopic niches

R Schwartz-Narbonne, FJ Longstaffe… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), horse (Equus spp.) and bison (Bison spp.)
coexisted with a variety of mammalian megafauna across the Pleistocene mammoth steppe …

Trophic pyramids reorganize when food web architecture fails to adjust to ocean change

I Nagelkerken, SU Goldenberg, CM Ferreira, H Ullah… - Science, 2020 - science.org
As human activities intensify, the structures of ecosystems and their food webs often
reorganize. Through the study of mesocosms harboring a diverse benthic coastal …

Mercury biomagnification in benthic, pelagic, and benthopelagic food webs in an Arctic marine ecosystem

IR Hilgendag, HK Swanson, CW Lewis… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) is a ubiquitous toxic metal that biomagnifies in food webs, and can reach high
concentrations in top predators. Evaluating Hg biomagnification in Arctic marine food webs …

Quantifying the multiple facets of isotopic diversity: new metrics for stable isotope ecology

J Cucherousset, S Villéger - Ecological Indicators, 2015 - Elsevier
Stable isotope analyses have emerged as an insightful tool for ecologists, with quantitative
methods being developed to analyse data at the population, community and food web …

[PDF][PDF] Stomach content analysis in freshwater fish feeding ecology

P Manko - University of Prešov, 2016 - researchgate.net
Central to the study of animal ecology is the usage an animal makes of its environment
(Johnson 1980). Animal populations need adequate quantities of usable resources to …

Trophic niche segregation allows range‐extending coral reef fishes to co‐exist with temperate species under climate change

KM Kingsbury, BM Gillanders, DJ Booth… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Changing climate is forcing many terrestrial and marine species to extend their ranges
poleward to stay within the bounds of their thermal tolerances. However, when such species …

Feeding ecology of fishes associated with artificial reefs in the northwest Gulf of Mexico

KM Dance, JR Rooker, JB Shipley, MA Dance… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The feeding ecology of two reef fishes associated with artificial reefs in the northwest Gulf of
Mexico (GoM) was examined using gut contents and natural stable isotopes. Reefs were …

Invasive predator diet plasticity has implications for native fish conservation and invasive species suppression

HC Glassic, CS Guy, LM Tronstad, DR Lujan… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Diet plasticity is a common behavior exhibited by piscivores to sustain predator biomass
when preferred prey biomass is reduced. Invasive piscivore diet plasticity could complicate …