A practical guide on stable isotope analysis for cetacean research

CR Teixeira, GC Troina, FG Daura‐Jorge… - Marine Mammal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Trophic ecology information about cetaceans is essential to understand their role in
ecosystem dynamics. Stable isotope analysis is a valuable complementary approach to …

Effects of urbanization on resource use and individual specialization in coyotes (Canis latrans) in southern California

RN Larson, JL Brown, T Karels, SPD Riley - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Urban environments are unique because fragments of natural or semi-natural habitat are
embedded within a potentially permeable matrix of human-dominated areas, creating …

Resource diversity promotes among‐individual diet variation, but not genomic diversity, in lake stickleback

DI Bolnick, KM Ballare - Ecology letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Many generalist species consist of specialised individuals that use different resources. This
within‐population niche variation can stabilise population and community dynamics …

Beyond ecological opportunity: Prey diversity rather than abundance shapes predator niche variation

J Sánchez‐Hernández, AG Finstad… - Freshwater …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological opportunity (ie the diversity of available resources) has a pivotal role in sha**
niche variation and trophic specialisation of animals. However, ecological opportunity can …

Relationships between fish community structure and environmental factors in the nearshore waters of Hainan Island, South China

Z Luo, C Yang, L Wang, Y Liu, B Shan, M Liu, C Chen… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
The nearshore ecosystem of Hainan Island plays a crucial role as a breeding habitat for a
wide variety of economically valuable fish species. Gaining insight into the structure of the …

Demographic, ecological, and physiological responses of ringed seals to an abrupt decline in sea ice availability

SH Ferguson, BG Young, DJ Yurkowski, R Anderson… - PeerJ, 2017 - peerj.com
To assess whether demographic declines of Arctic species at the southern limit of their
range will be gradual or punctuated, we compared large-scale environmental patterns …

Shifting individual habitat specialization of a successful predator living in anthropogenic landscapes

J Navarro, D Grémillet, FJ Ramirez, I Afán… - Marine Ecology …, 2017 - int-res.com
Population expansions of successful species have gained importance as a major
conservation and management concern. The success of these 'winners' is widely attributed …

Mercury in Ringed Seals (Pusa hispida) from the Canadian Arctic in Relation to Time and Climate Parameters

M Houde, ZE Taranu, X Wang, B Young… - Environmental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mercury is found in Arctic marine mammals that are important in the diet of northern
Indigenous peoples. The objectives of the present long‐term study, spanning a 45‐yr period …

Contrasting changes in space use induced by climate change in two Arctic marine mammal species

CD Hamilton, J Vacquié-Garcia… - Biology …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Global warming is inducing major environmental changes in the Arctic. These changes will
differentially affect species owing to differences in climate sensitivity and behavioural …

Diet and isotopic niche overlap elucidate competition potential between seasonally sympatric phocids in the Canadian Arctic

WR Ogloff, DJ Yurkowski, GK Davoren, SH Ferguson - Marine Biology, 2019 - Springer
Interspecific interactions may be altered as a result of poleward species range shifts caused
by climate change. In recent decades, Cumberland Sound, Nunavut, in the Canadian Arctic …