In: Molecular Ecology, 2019, vol. 28, no. 2, p. 281–292
Resource variation along abiotic gradients influences subsequent trophic interactions and these effects can be transmitted through entire food webs. Interactions along abiotic gradients can provide clues as to how organisms will face changing environmental conditions, such as future range shifts. However, it is challenging to find replicated systems to study these effects. Phytotelmata, such...
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Thèse de doctorat : Université de Fribourg, 2016 ; no. 1984.
Sarracenia purpurea ist eine fleischfressende Pflanze aus Nordamerika und gilt als Modellsystem für aquatische Lebensgemeinschaften. Nachdem die Kannenblätter sich mit Regenwasser gefüllt haben, entwickelt sich ein Nahrungsnetz in diesen auf Detritus basierenden Ökosystemen welches von Bakterien bis zu Insektenlarven reicht und den Top-Prädator Wyeomyia smithii einschliesst. Zwei Wochen nach...
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In: Global Change Biology, 2017, vol. 23, no. 1, p. 56–67
Climate change research has demonstrated that changing temperatures will have an effect on community-level dynamics by altering species survival rates, shifting species distributions, and ultimately, creating mismatches in community interactions. However, most of this work has focused on increasing temperature, and still little is known about how the variation in temperature extremes will...
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In: Oecologia, 2016, vol. 180, no. 2, p. 519–528
Introduced top predators have the potential to disrupt community dynamics when prey species are naive to predation. The impact of introduced predators may also vary depending on the stage of community development. Early-succession communities are likely to have small-bodied and fast-growing species, but are not necessarily good at defending against predators. In contrast, late-succession...
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