Tag: intraguild predation

#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

How do your relationships shape who you are as an individual?

This blog post is provided by Marine Richarson and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Effects of competition and predation risk from a life history intraguild predator on individual specialisation“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. This study examined the effects of perch, which act as competitors and predators, on the dietary and habitat shifts of the common bully. Humans are omnivorous … Continue reading How do your relationships shape who you are as an individual?

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

HOW DOES A FOOD WEB MAINTAIN ITS RESILIENCE?

This blog post is provided by Xiaoxiao Li and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper ‘Energetic constraints imposed on trophic interaction strengths enhance resilience in empirical and model food webs’, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. The authors explored the underlying biological mechanisms behind the complex trophic interactions that enhance food web resilience. Food webs depict the trophic interactions, i.e. who eats … Continue reading HOW DOES A FOOD WEB MAINTAIN ITS RESILIENCE?

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