Sökning: "ontogenetic niche shifts"
Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden ontogenetic niche shifts.
1. Ontogenetic scaling and the development of within-cohort size structure
Sammanfattning : It is increasingly recognized that individuals of the same species differ from each other and influence and respond to their environment in unique ways. This thesis deals with size variation among individuals that not only are of the same species but also of similar age. LÄS MER
2. Lake bathymetry as driver of salmonid population size structure and biomass
Sammanfattning : Most fish species undergo ontogenetic niche shifts from feeding on pelagic zooplankton, to larger benthic invertebrates and in some cases also to fish. These ontogenetic niche shifts have strong impact on the interactions within and between species, with effects on individual growth, population abundance and food web dynamics. LÄS MER
3. Alternative Stable States in Size-Structured Communities : Patterns, Processes, and Mechanisms
Sammanfattning : Alternative stable states have been, based on theoretical findings, predicted to be common in ecological systems. Empirical data from a number of laboratory and natural studies strongly suggest that alternative stable states also occur in real populations, communities and ecosystems. LÄS MER
4. The role of young-of-the-year fish in lake ecosystems
Sammanfattning : Food chain theory is based on consumption; that is, presupposing that the only important interaction between organisms is that they actually meet in an unstructured environment and that one of them is consumed. Recently, studies, including biomanipulation projects, have indicated that trophic interactions are more complex than predicted by food chain theory. LÄS MER