The role of interspecific competition as a key factor in the ecology of natural communities
where species exploit limited resources is well established, and the study of competition …

Studies of sympatric species can provide important data to define how dietary and habitat
requirements differ among them. I collected dietary data during a first yearlong comparative …

Studies of food relations are important to our understanding of ecology at the individual,
population and community levels. Detailed documentation of the diet of large-bodied …

Spiders (Araneae) form abundant and diverse assemblages in agroecosystems such as fruit
orchards, and thus might have an important role as natural enemies of orchard pests …

The lemurs of Madagascar are known for their extraordinary species diversity. The
mechanisms that allow the coexistence of these species are still poorly known. Here feeding …

Repeated measurements of captive‐born Gaboon vipers Bitis gabonica from an inbred stock
examined the degree to which an animal's size and shape are affected by food intake. We …

A long‐standing hypothesis for the adaptive radiation of macrostomatan snakes is that their
enlarged gape–compared to both lizards and basal snakes‐enables them to consume …

Aspects of coexistence between the dwarf crocodile Osteolaemus tetraspis and the Nile
monitor lizard Varanus niloticus were studied in swamp rain forests of south-eastern Nigeria …

Résumé Le présent travail analyse les études de l'organisation des communautés de
tortues terrestres afin d'examiner les principaux patterns de partage des ressources et de …

The Niger Delta (Southern Nigeria) is the main oil-producing region in sub-Saharan Africa.
Its biodiversity is very important for the concomitant presence of rainforests and mangroves …