| Titre : | Journal of Animal Ecology 77(2) - MAR 2008 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Karl L. Evans, Auteur ;
Stuart E. Newson, Auteur ;
David Storch, Auteur ;
Jeremy J. D. Greenwood, Auteur ;
Kevin J. Gaston, Auteur
1. The spatial scale of analysis may influence the nature, strength and underlying drivers of macroecological patterns, one of the most frequently discussed of which is the relationship between species richness and environmental energy availabil[...]
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Pedro Beja, Auteur ;
Luis Palma, Auteur
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Nichola M. Brydges, Auteur ;
Nick Colegrave, Auteur ;
Robert J. P. Heathcote, Auteur ;
Victoria A. Braithwaite, Auteur
1. There is growing interest in the causes and consequences of animal temperaments. Temperament behaviours often have heritable components, but ecological variables can also affect them. Numerous variables are likely to differ between habitats, [...]
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Matthew J. Smith, Auteur ;
Andrew White, Auteur ;
Jonathan A. Sherratt, Auteur ;
Sandra Telfer, Auteur ;
Michael Begon, Auteur ;
Xavier Lambin, Auteur
1. Recent studies of rodent populations have demonstrated that certain parasites can cause juveniles to delay maturation until the next reproductive season. Furthermore, a variety of parasites may share the same host, and evidence is beginning t[...]
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Carlos A. Martín, Auteur ;
Juan C. Alonso, Auteur ;
Javier A. Alonso, Auteur ;
Carlos Palacín, Auteur ;
Marina Magana, Auteur ;
Beatriz Martín, Auteur
1. We investigated the causes of natal dispersal in four Spanish areas where 35 breeding groups of the polygynous great bustard Otis tarda were monitored intensively. A total of 392 juveniles were radio-tracked between 1991 and 2006 by ground an[...]
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Debora Arlt, Auteur ;
Tomas Part, Auteur
1. Prospecting non-breeding individuals have been shown to collect information on breeding sites a year ahead of breeding, but whether experienced breeders prospect future breeding sites is less well-known. Using data on post-breeding movements [...]
Article
Amy B. Pedersen, Auteur ;
Timothy J. Greives, Auteur
1. Populations of white-footed mice Peromyscus leucopus and deer mice Peromyscus maniculatus increase dramatically in response to food availability from oak acorn masts. These populations subsequently decline following this resource pulse, but t[...]
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Sebastien Descamps, Auteur ;
Stan Boutin, Auteur ;
Dominique Berteaux, Auteur ;
Andrew G. McAdam, Auteur ;
Jean-Michel Gaillard, Auteur
1. Environmental conditions experienced early in life may have long-lasting effects on individual performance, thereby creating 'silver-spoon effects'. 2. We used 15 years of data from a North American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxle[...]
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Norman W. H. Mason, Auteur ;
Pascal Irz, Auteur ;
Cedric Lanoiselee, Auteur ;
David Mouillot, Auteur ;
Christine Argillier, Auteur
1. Interspecific niche differences have long been identified as a major explanation for the occurrence of species-rich communities. However, much fieldwork studying variation in local species richness has focused upon physical habitat attributes[...]
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Jonathan W. Moore, Auteur ;
Daniel E. Schindler, Auteur
1. Organisms can impact ecosystems via multiple pathways, often with positive and negative impacts on inhabitants. Understanding the context dependency of these types of impacts remains challenging. For example, organisms may perform different f[...]
