Competition‐driven niche segregation on a landscape scale: evidence for escaping from syntopy towards allotopy in two coexisting sibling passerine species

J Reif, R Reifová, A Skoracka… - Journal of Animal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The role of interspecific competition for generating patterns in species' distribution is hotly
debated and studies taking into account processes occurring at both large and small spatial …

A framework to develop joint nutrient criteria for lake eutrophication management in eutrophic lakes

Z Liang, Y Xu, Q Qiu, Y Liu, W Lu, T Wagner - Journal of Hydrology, 2021 - Elsevier
Nutrient criteria provide the numeric basis for lake eutrophication management. However,
there are two obstacles that can hinder the effective application of nutrient criteria, including …

Do large‐scale associations in birds imply biotic interactions or environmental filtering?

M Elo, MH Kajanus, J Tolvanen… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim There has been a wide interest in the effect of biotic interactions on species'
occurrences and abundances at large spatial scales, coupled with a vast development of the …

Does trait‐based joint species distribution modelling reveal the signature of competition in stream macroinvertebrate communities?

M Elo, J Jyrkänkallio‐Mikkola… - Journal of Animal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The occupancy and abundance of species are jointly driven by local factors, such as
environmental characteristics and biotic interactions, and regional‐scale factors, such as …

Biotic predictors complement models of bat and bird responses to climate and tree diversity in European forests

L Barbaro, E Allan, E Ampoorter… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Bats and birds are key providers of ecosystem services in forests. How climate and habitat
jointly shape their communities is well studied, but whether biotic predictors from other …

The roles of temperature, nest predators and information parasites for geographical variation in egg covering behaviour of tits (Paridae)

OJ Loukola, P Adamik, F Adriaensen… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Nest building is widespread among animals. Nests may provide receptacles for eggs,
developing offspring and the parents, and protect them from adverse environmental …

High plant species richness and stable climate lead to richer but phylogenetically and functionally clustered avifaunas

N Wang, L Mao, X Yang, X Si, Y Wang… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Glacial–interglacial climate stability and contemporary climate could affect bird
diversity through their direct effects on diversification and physiological tolerance, and …

Biotic homogenisation in bird communities leads to large‐scale changes in species associations

S Rigal, V Devictor, P Gaüzère, S Kéfi, JT Forsman… - Oikos, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of global change on biodiversity is commonly assessed in terms of changes in
species distributions, community richness and community composition. Whether and how …

Tracing the early steps of competition-driven eco-morphological divergence in two sister species of passerines

C Sottas, J Reif, J Kreisinger, L Schmiedová, K Sam… - Evolutionary …, 2020 - Springer
Competition-driven feeding niche separation is assumed to be an important driver of the
morphological divergence of co-occurring animal species. However, despite a strong …

Bayesian change point quantile regression approach to enhance the understanding of shifting phytoplankton-dimethyl sulfide relationships in aquatic ecosystems

Z Liang, Y Liu, Y Xu, T Wagner - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Dimethyl sulfide (DMS) serves as an anti-greenhouse gas, plays multiple roles in aquatic
ecosystems, and contributes to the global sulfur cycle. The chlorophyll a (CHL, an indicator …