Niche theory predicts that closely related and ecologically similar species with overlapping distribution ranges can coexist through resource partitioning that limits interspecific competition.However,studies examinin...
This study was funded by the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek—FWO(Junior postdoctoral fellowship 1203020N);the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique—FNRS(Chargéde recherches 30257865).
Mutually beneficial associations are widespread in ecological networks.They are typically assembled as multispecies guilds of symbionts that compete for one or more host species.The ant Lasius flavus engages in an int...
supported by the University of Natural Sciences and Humanities in Siedlce and the Institute of Dendrology,Polish Academy of Science;support from the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) from the START scholarship
Drivers of bird niche separation in temperate primeval forests have not yet been determined,due to the low number of intact forest sites.Here,we analyzed the general patterns of niche usage on trees by birds’assembla...
The study examines how language,peculiar to members of the guilds inẸdo,is used to express their cultural ideology.This is expected to provide the necessary insight and comprehension of the nature of the guilds’socio...
This study was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31930013,31872240);the National Key Program of Research and Development,Ministry of Science and Technology(2016YFC0503200);Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences(2020086)to SP.
Background:As an important player during food digestion,gut microbiota has attracted much attention in diet adaptation studies in birds.Microbiota extracted from feces has been widely used as a proxy for gut microbiot...
Estonian Science Foundation grants PSG136,PRG632,PUT1170;the University of Tartu(PLTOM20903);the European Regional Development Fund(Centre of Excellence EcolChange).
The cryptic lifestyle of most fungi necessitates molecular identification of the guild in environmental studies.Over the past decades,rapid development and affordability of molecular tools have tremendously improved i...
Land-use sprawl in the Himalayas has caused the conversion of natural habitat into human-modified habitats,thus degrading ecosystem health.Adaptation of birds to changing physical environment can be well understood by...