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Coupling strength between omnivory loops and their one-species-delete subloops drives real food web stability
A central and fundamental issue in ecology is to understand the relationship between complexity and stability. Increased empirical evidences...
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Life-history omnivory in the fairy shrimp Branchinecta orientalis (Branchiopoda: Anostraca)
Very little is known about the feeding of naupliar and juvenile life stages of omnivorous fairy shrimps (Crustacea: Anostraca). Here, we aim to...
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The chromosome-scale reference genome of mirid bugs (Adelphocoris suturalis) genome provides insights into omnivory, insecticide resistance, and survival adaptation
BackgroundAdelphocoris suturalis (Hemiptera: Miridae) is a notorious agricultural pest, which causes serious economic losses to a diverse range of...
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A global review of green turtle diet: sea surface temperature as a potential driver of omnivory levels
To better understand dietary requirements, trophic shifts, and trophic interactions of the threatened green turtle ( Chelonia mydas ), we conducted a...
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Turning up the heat: warming influences plankton biomass and spring phenology in subtropical waters characterized by extensive fish omnivory
Understanding how biological communities respond to climate change is a major challenge in ecology. The response of ectotherms to changes in...
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Frequent consumption of sap suggests that omnivory is widespread among Australian geckos
The diets of many animals are influenced by resource availability, competition, and evolutionary selected traits enabling the utilization of...
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An overview of the ecological roles of Mediterranean chondrichthyans through extinction scenarios
Fisheries, climate change, and habitat degradation are triggering the depletion of marine animal populations worldwide. The ecological impacts of the...
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The foraging ecology of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in New Caledonia
Green sea turtles ( Chelonia mydas ) face many threats from anthropogenic activity and are listed as Endangered on the International Union for the...
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Evolutionary transitions in diet influence the exceptional diversification of a lizard adaptive radiation
BackgroundDiet is a key component of a species ecological niche and plays critical roles in guiding the trajectories of evolutionary change. Previous...
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Pest Biocontrol and Allee Effects Acting on the Control Agent Population: Insights from Predator-Prey Models
Ecological models have been a tool at the disposal of biological control for a long time. The use of models has the advantage of quickly testing...
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Colonization–competition dynamics of basal species shape food web complexity in island metacommunities
Exploring how food web complexity emerges and evolves in island ecosystems remains a major challenge in ecology. Food webs assembled from multiple...
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Impacts of regime shift on the fishery ecosystem in the coastal area of Kyoto prefecture, Sea of Japan, assessed using the Ecopath model
The present study assessed the impact of regime shifts on the ecosystems that support fisheries in the coastal area of Kyoto Prefecture, the Sea of...
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Ecosystem health of Sasthamkotta Lake, a Ramsar site from India based on food web analysis and ecological indicators
Water abstraction and subsequent lowering of water table in Sasthamkotta, the largest freshwater lake in South West coast of India raised serious...
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Quantifying mammalian diets
We propose a quantitative approach for categorising mammalian diets based on the taxonomy of food items and parts consumed (the form of food). Our...
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Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) influence reservoir ecosystem attributes along southern invasion front metaecosystems in North America
Impacts of omnivorous invaders on community structure and biomass of multiple trophic levels are often complex and poorly understood. Responses to...
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Mathematical Models of Predators and Prey with Laterality
Laterality in fish is considered one of the best examples of frequency-dependent selection. In scale-eating fish, the most abundant morphological...
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Adaptability of lake charr (Salvelinus namaycush) in a changing world: newly recolonized landscapes reveal the significance of traits shaped during the Pleistocene
Lake charr ( Salvelinus namaycush ), one of the most widely distributed freshwater species in northern North America (currently in about 5200 lakes),...
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Diversity and spatial variability of shallow benthic macrofaunal assemblages in a high-Arctic fjord (Young Sound, North-East Greenland)
Although knowledge of Arctic benthic biodiversity has increased considerably in recent decades, some regions, such as Northeast Greenland, remain...
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Exploring the ecosystem health of a tropical Indian estuary using mass-balanced ecosystem model
Estuaries provide life support to aquatic biota and livelihood support to fishermen and local inhabitants. However, the ecosystem function of...
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Large fish forage lower in the food web and food webs are more truncated in warmer climates
Body size is usually considered a good indicator of trophic position in fish communities. Indeed, the proverbial wisdom that “Big Fish Eat Little...
