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Thermal niche helps to explain the ability of dung beetles to exploit disturbed habitats
(Scientific Reports, 2020-08-07)
In terrestrial ecosystems, insects face a wide range of temperatures among habitats and time; consequently, the thermal niche is one of the main determinants of habitat selection and temporal patterns of activity. The ...
Ecological and physiological studies of Gymnodinium catenatum in the Mexican Pacific: A review
(Marine Drugs, 2010)
This review presents a detailed analysis of the state of knowledge of studies done in Mexico related to the dinoflagellate Gymnodinium catenatum, a paralytic toxin producer. This species was first reported in the Gulf of ...
Frugivory Specialization in Birds and Fruit Chemistry Structure Mutualistic Networks across the Neotropics
(Univ Chicago Press, 2021-02-01)
The interaction between fruit chemistry and the physiological traits of frugivores is expected to shape the structure of mutualistic seed dispersal networks, but it has been understudied compared with the role of morphological ...
The Ecology of Stress: linking life- history traits with physiological control mechanisms in free-living guanacos
(PeeJ Inc, 2016-10)
Providing the context for the evolution of life-history traits, habitat features constrain successful ecological and physiological strategies. In vertebrates, a key response to life’s challenges is the activation of the ...
Gut size flexibility in rodents: what we know, and don't know, after a century of research
(Sociedad de Biología de Chile, 2008)
Geographic variation in the association between exploratory behavior and physiology in rufous-collared sparrows
(2012)
Increasing research has attempted to clarify the links between animal personality and physiology. However, the mechanisms driving this association remain largely unknown, and knowledge of how ecological factors may affect ...
Low plasticity in digestive physiology constrains feeding ecology in diet specialist, Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
(Company of Biologists, 2009-12)
It can be hypothesized that species with a wide or variable food niche are able to adjust their digestive physiology to current food type. In diet specialists, however, the capacity for such presumably costly plasticity ...
Ecological and physiological thermal niches to understand distribution of Chagas disease vectors in Latin America
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2018-03)
In order to assess how triatomines (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), Chagas disease vectors, are distributed through Latin America, we analysed the relationship between the ecological niche and the limits of the physiological thermal ...
Physiological correlates of geographic range in animals
(2011)
We evaluate the extent to which physiological tolerances and capacities can be considered as factors that impact the geographic range of animals. We also discuss the importance of understanding how environmental variability ...