Niche breadth and resource partitioning by four sympatric species of bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

Oecologia ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. D. Paine ◽  
M. C. Birch ◽  
P. Švihra
Keyword(s):  
Resource Partitioning ◽  
Bark Beetles ◽  
Niche Breadth ◽  
Sympatric Species

Resource partitioning and overlap in three sympatric species of Ips bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

Oecologia ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 128 (3) ◽  
pp. 443-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce D. Ayres ◽  
Matthew P. Ayres ◽  
Mark D. Abrahamson ◽  
Stephen A. Teale
Keyword(s):  
Resource Partitioning ◽  
Bark Beetles ◽  
Sympatric Species

scholarly journals Damming in the Madeira River modifies the food spectrum of piscivorous and affects their resource partitioning

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra Pasian Lonardoni ◽  
Cristhiana Paula Röpke ◽  
Taís Melo ◽  
Gislene Torrente-Vilara
Keyword(s):  
Resource Partitioning ◽  
Species Coexistence ◽  
Niche Breadth ◽  
Interspecific Interactions ◽  
Species Abundance ◽  
Hydroelectric Power Plant ◽  
Hydroelectric Power ◽  
Stomach Fullness ◽  
Congeneric Species ◽  
Madeira River

Abstract Phylogenetic proximity suggests some degree of diet similarity among species. Usually, studies of diet show that species coexistence is allowed by partitioning food resources. We evaluate how visually oriented piscivorous fishes (Characiformes) share prey before and after building the Santo Antônio Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) in the Madeira River (Brazil), the largest muddy-water tributary of the Amazon River. Piscivorous species (Acestrorhynchus falcirostris, Acestrorhynchus heterolepis, Hydrolycus scomberoides, and Rhaphiodon vulpinus) were sampled under pristine (pre-HPP) and disturbed (post-HPP) environmental conditions. We analyzed species abundance and stomach contents for stomach fullness and prey composition to check variations between congeneric and non-congeneric species. The percent volume of prey taxa was normalized by stomach fullness and grouped into the taxonomic family level to determine diet, niche breadth, and overlap. Only R. vulpinus abundance increased in post-HPP. There was no significant variation in niche breadth between the periods, while niche overlap decreased in congeneric and non-congeneric species. Our results indicate that river impoundment affected piscivorous fishes in distinct ways and modified their resource partitioning. Therefore, evaluate interspecific interactions is a required tool to understand how fishes respond to river damming.

Another new, diminutive Rock Gecko (Cnemaspis Strauch) from Peninsular Malaysia and a discussion of resource partitioning in sympatric species pairs

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2569 (1) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. LEE GRISMER ◽  
CHAN KIN ONN ◽  
EVAN QUAH ◽  
MOHD ABDUL MUIN ◽  
ANNA E. SAVAGE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Resource Partitioning ◽  
Sympatric Species ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Activity Period ◽  
Species Pairs

A new, diminutive species of Rock Gecko, Cnemaspis shahruli sp. nov. from Penang Island, Penang; Pulau Jerejak, Penang; Pulau Pangkor, Perak; and the adjacent mainland at Sungai Sedim, Kedah was previously confused with juveniles of the sympatric, endemic species C. affinis (Stoliczka) on Penang Island. Cnemaspis shahruli sp. nov. is diagnosed from all other Southeast Asian Cnemaspis on the basis of several unique aspects of squamation, coloration, and body size. It is proposed that this new species has a more extensive mainland distribution than is presented here based on its southernmost record on Pulau Pangkor, Perak. A pattern of resource partitioning on the basis of body size, habitat, and activity period among sympatric species pairs of Cnemaspis is discussed.

scholarly journals Resource Partitioning of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) by Pine Shoot Beetles in Stands under Stress Conditions

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 1336
Author(s):  
Andrzej Borkowski
Keyword(s):  
Scots Pine ◽  
Resource Partitioning ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Model ◽  
Significant Degree ◽  
Sympatric Species ◽  
Site Quality ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Pine Shoot Beetles ◽  
Spatial Specialization

The pine shoot beetles Tomicus piniperda L. and T. minor Hartwig are sympatric species that occur on Scots pine in two habitats. Feeding by the beetles in tree crowns causes significant losses in tree growth and disturbs the crown’s proper development. A review of the subject literature showed that there had been no previous studies of interspecific competition in stands with different degrees of crown damage. The aim of this work was to assess the resource partitioning of stems by the two species in stands with damaged and undamaged crowns. Data were collected in the years 1992–2008 in stands containing Scots pine located at different distances from timber yards. A total of 259 natural traps were laid, and measurements of height and diameter at breast height were made for 900 pines. The surface area of each stem was divided into 20 equal sections by making a division lengthwise (into units) and laterally (into an upper and lower part). In total, 90,501 egg galleries of pine shoot beetles were counted on 9560 stem sections. Feeding by pine shoot beetles in the crowns of pines reduces site productivity and the nutritional suitability of stems. The results of niche segregation indicate pine shoot beetles exhibited spatial specialization in the use of resources. prefers the thicker part of the stem, and T. minor the thinner part. The population of T. piniperda on the trap logs was described using a multiple linear regression model with three explanatory variables. As a result of regression modelling, from the set of variables representing characteristics of habitats, trees and trap logs and the parameters of infestation, the following explanatory variables were selected: range of colonisation of a trap log (rc), site quality class (sqc), and crown undamaged (cu). The explanatory variables included in the MLRM model explain to a significant degree (p < 0.05) the niche breadth of T. piniperda on trap logs. In all validated plots, the mean real and model values for the niche of T. piniperda on the trap logs are similar (p > 0.5), confirming the high accuracy of the developed model.

scholarly journals Resource use and coexistence of two syntopic hylid frogs (Anura, Hylidae)

2005 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Menin ◽  
Denise de C. Rossa-Feres ◽  
Ariovaldo A. Giaretta
Keyword(s):  
Resource Use ◽  
Resource Partitioning ◽  
Niche Breadth ◽  
Reproductive Season ◽  
Seasonal Occurrence ◽  
Temporary Pond ◽  
Site Characteristics ◽  
Structural Differences ◽  
Time Periods

The objectives of this study were to measure and compare niche breadth and overlap of males of Hyla nana Boulenger, 1889 and Hyla sanborni Schmidt, 1944 in three neighboring ponds. The measured niche dimensions were seasonal occurrence, call site, and diet. The reproductive season of H. sanborni was longer in permanent ponds, whereas H. nana had a longer reproductive season in the temporary pond. Call site characteristics were similar for both species, however H. sanborni called from higher perches than H. nana. Diptera (Nematocera) were the most consumed item by both species in the three ponds but, in general, H. nana ingested larger prey than H. sanborni. For both species, the consumption of prey types was correlated with the availability in the environment. The multidimensional overlap between H. nana and H. sanborni was higher in the permanent ponds than the temporary pond, in which H. sanborni was rare. These species differed in abundance among ponds, consumed prey of different sizes, and probably fed in different time periods. Moreover, the data obtained suggest that structural differences in the ponds may modify the dynamics of resource partitioning between the two species. Beside the great overlap found in the major niche dimensions analyzed the detected differences may be great enough to allow their coexistence.

Niche overlap and sett-site resource partitioning for two sympatric species of badger

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Zhang ◽  
Y.-B. Zhou ◽  
C. Newman ◽  
Y. Kaneko ◽  
D.W. Macdonald ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Resource Partitioning ◽  
Niche Overlap ◽  
Sympatric Species

scholarly journals DOSE-DEPENDENT AND SPECIES-SPECIFIC RESPONSES OF PINE BARK BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: SCOLYTIDAE) TO MONOTERPENES IN ASSOCIATION WITH PHEROMONES

2000 ◽  
Vol 132 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel R. Miller ◽  
John H. Borden
Keyword(s):  
Bark Beetle ◽  
Bark Beetles ◽  
Sympatric Species ◽  
Release Rates ◽  
Pine Bark Beetles ◽  
Dose Dependent Fashion ◽  
Ips Latidens ◽  
Species Specific ◽  
Dose Dependent ◽  
Coleoptera Tenebrionidae

AbstractMonoterpenes affected the attraction of three sympatric species of bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) to pheromone-baited multiple-funnel traps in stands of lodgepole pine. Catches of Ips pini (Say) in traps baited with its pheromone, ipsdienol, were directly related to the release rates of 3-carene, β-phellandrene, and β-pinene. Catches of Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins in traps baited with exo-brevicomin and cis- and trans-verbenol were directly related to the release rates of 3-carene, myrcene, and β-phellandrene. Ips latidens (LeConte) exhibited preferences for traps baited with ipsenol and β-phellandrene or β-pinene but not in a dose-dependent fashion. Catches of I. latidens in traps baited with its pheromone, ipsenol, were inversely proportional to the release rates of 3-carene, myrcene, and terpinolene. Similarly, catches of I. pini in traps baited with its pheromone, ipsdienol, were inversely proportional to the release rates of myrcene and terpinolene. These results demonstrate a degree of species specificity among three phloeophagous species with respect to preferred host odours. The bark beetle predators–associates Lasconotus complex LeConte (Coleoptera: Colydiidae) and Corticeus Piller and Mitterpacher sp. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) demonstrated some measure of specificity to monoterpenes in their responses to ipsdienol-baited funnel traps. γ-Terpinene increased attraction of L. complex but had no effect on Corticeus sp., whereas α- and β-pinene increased attraction of Corticeus sp. but had no effect on L. complex.

Resource partitioning among five sympatric species of freshwater turtles from the wet–dry tropics of northern Australia

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Welsh ◽  
J. Sean Doody ◽  
Arthur Georges
Keyword(s):  
Resource Partitioning ◽  
Niche Overlap ◽  
Sympatric Species ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Gut Contents ◽  
Microhabitat Use ◽  
Freshwater Turtles ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Dietary Shift ◽  
Dry Tropics

Context Resource partitioning of diet and microhabitat was examined for five sympatric species of freshwater turtles in the Daly River in the northern end of Northern Territory (Top End) in Australia. The Daly River supports a high diversity of freshwater turtles, making it the ideal place to study a freshwater turtle community. Aims To determine the dry-season diet and microhabitat use of Carettochelys insculpta, Elseya dentata, Chelodina oblonga, Emydura victoriae and Emydura subglobosa worrelli and examine intraspecific and interspecific niche overlap and ontogenetic dietary shift. Methods Gut contents were collected by stomach flushing, and microhabitat use was determined by recording where each turtle was first seen before capture. Diet and microhabitat use were compared using an index of relative importance. Niche overlap was measured with Horn’s overlap index. Key results Carettochelys insculpta is an opportunistic omnivore that feeds mostly on ribbonweed (Vallisneria spiralis) and aquatic snails. Elseya dentata is herbivorous, feeding primarily on aquatic algae. The diets of C. insculpta and E. dentata overlapped moderately, but the overall niche overlap was low because they occupied different microhabitats within the river. Chelodina oblonga fed very little, and may use the Daly River as a dry-season refuge. Emydura victoriae is molluscivorous, consuming more molluscs as it grows. This ontogenetic dietary shift was associated with megacephaly (extreme broadly expanded head that is too large to fit into the carapace) and expanded triturating surfaces. This specialisation allows adult E. victoriae to feed exclusively on molluscs and so their diet overlapped little with other species. Emydura subglobosa worrelli was omnivorous, consuming mostly freshwater sponge and apparently preferring more lentic water. Conclusions The freshwater turtles of the wet–dry tropics are usually reported as being heavily reliant on the seeds, fruits and leaves of riparian vegetation; however, the present study showed that the dry-season diet in perennial rivers is primarily of aquatic origin. Implications The study suggested that populations of C. insculpta, E. dentata and E. victoriae could be threatened by broad-scale development in northern Australia if there were substantive impacts on aquatic macrophytes and molluscs in the Daly River system.

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