Volume 178, Issue 1

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Volume 178, Issue 1

May 2015

Special Feature on Individual-level niche specialization

Issue Editors:

Craig A. Layman,
Seth D. Newsome,
Tara Gancos Crawford

27 articles in this issue

Individual-level niche specialization within populations: emerging areas of study
Craig A. Layman
Seth D. Newsome
Tara Gancos Crawford
Special Topic: Individual-level niche specialization 18 February 2015 Pages: 1 - 4
Factors affecting individual foraging specialization and temporal diet stability across the range of a large “generalist” apex predator
Adam E. Rosenblatt
James C. Nifong
Justin C. Larson
Special Topic: Individual-level niche specialization 03 February 2015 Pages: 5 - 16
The cost of reproduction: differential resource specialization in female and male California sea otters
Emma A. Elliott Smith
Seth D. Newsome
M. Tim Tinker
Special Topic: Individual-Level Niche Specialization 12 February 2015 Pages: 17 - 29
Resource availability affects individual niche variation and its consequences in group-living European badgers Meles meles
Andrew Robertson
Robbie A. McDonald
Stuart Bearhop
Special Topic: Individual-level niche specialization 06 February 2015 Pages: 31 - 43
The interaction of intraspecific competition and habitat on individual diet specialization: a near range-wide examination of sea otters
Seth D. Newsome
M. Tim Tinker
James L. Bodkin
Special Topic: Individual-level niche specialization 03 February 2015 Pages: 45 - 59
Timescales alter the inferred strength and temporal consistency of intraspecific diet specialization
Mark Novak
M. Tim Tinker
Special Topic: Individual-level niche specialization 06 February 2015 Pages: 61 - 74
Measuring individuality in habitat use across complex landscapes: approaches, constraints, and implications for assessing resource specialization
F. Joel Fodrie
Lauren A. Yeager
Matthew D. Kenworthy
Special Topic: Individual-level niche specialization 12 February 2015 Pages: 75 - 87
Covarying variances: more morphologically variable populations also exhibit more diet variation
Lisa K. Snowberg
Kimberly M. Hendrix
Daniel I. Bolnick
Special Topic: Individual-level niche specialization 06 February 2015 Pages: 89 - 101
Individuals in food webs: the relationships between trophic position, omnivory and among-individual diet variation
Richard Svanbäck
Mario Quevedo
Peter Eklöv
Special Topic: Individual-level niche specialization Open access 05 February 2015 Pages: 103 - 114
Individual variation in anthropogenic resource use in an urban carnivore
Seth D. Newsome
Heidi M. Garbe
Stanley D. Gehrt
Special Topic: Individual-level niche specialization 12 February 2015 Pages: 115 - 128
Behavioural consistency and life history of Rana dalmatina tadpoles
Tamás János Urszán
János Török
Gábor Herczeg
Special Topic: Individual-level niche specialization 06 February 2015 Pages: 129 - 140
Contrasting growth responses of dominant peatland plants to warming and vegetation composition
Tom N. Walker
Susan E. Ward
Richard D. Bardgett
Highlighted Student Research 18 February 2015 Pages: 141 - 151
Isocline analysis of competition predicts stable coexistence of two amphibians
Andrea Gazzola
Josh Van Buskirk
Highlighted Student Research 28 February 2015 Pages: 153 - 159
Inter-annual variation in American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) plumage colour is associated with rainfall and temperature during moult: an 11-year study
Matthew W. Reudink
Ann E. McKellar
Laurene M. Ratcliffe
Behavioral ecology –original research 30 November 2014 Pages: 161 - 173
The role of maternal behavior and offspring development in the survival of mountain goat kids
Rachel Théoret-Gosselin
Sandra Hamel
Steeve D. Côté
Behavioral ecology - Original research 04 January 2015 Pages: 175 - 186
Senescence in breeding success of female Alpine chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra): the role of female quality and age
Federico Tettamanti
Stefano Grignolio
Pierre Bize
Behavioral ecology - Original research 06 January 2015 Pages: 187 - 195
Age-specific reproductive success and cost in female Alpine ibex
Marco Rughetti
Andrea Dematteis
Marco Festa-Bianchet
Population ecology - Original research 28 December 2014 Pages: 197 - 205
Morphological variation and different branch modularity across contrasting flow conditions in dominant Pocillopora reef-building corals
David A. Paz-García
Alejandro Aldana-Moreno
Eduardo F. Balart
Population ecology - Original research 04 January 2015 Pages: 207 - 218
Invasive earthworms interact with abiotic conditions to influence the invasion of common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
Alexander M. Roth
Timothy J. S. Whitfeld
Peter B. Reich
Plant-microbe-animal interactions - Original research 07 December 2014 Pages: 219 - 230
Indirect human impacts turn off reciprocal feedbacks and decrease ecosystem resilience
Mark D. Bertness
Caitlin P. Brisson
Sinead M. Crotty
Community ecology - Original research 29 November 2014 Pages: 231 - 237
Trophic dynamics in an aquatic community: interactions among primary producers, grazers, and a pathogenic fungus
Julia C. Buck
Katharina I. Scholz
Andrew R. Blaustein
Community ecology - Original research 30 November 2014 Pages: 239 - 248
Fruitful factors: what limits seed production of flowering plants in the alpine?
Jason R. Straka
Brian M. Starzomski
Community ecology - Original research 02 December 2014 Pages: 249 - 260
Null model approaches to evaluating the relative role of different assembly processes in shaping ecological communities
Akira S. Mori
Saori Fujii
Dai Koide
Community ecology - Original research 04 December 2014 Pages: 261 - 273
DNA left on browsed twigs uncovers bite-scale resource use patterns in European ungulates
Ruth V. Nichols
Joris P. G. M. Cromsigt
Göran Spong
Community ecology - Original research 28 December 2014 Pages: 275 - 284
Interactions between abiotic constraint, propagule pressure, and biotic resistance regulate plant invasion
Chaeho Byun
Sylvie de Blois
Jacques Brisson
Community ecology - Original research 28 December 2014 Pages: 285 - 296
Natural abundance (δ¹⁵N) indicates shifts in nitrogen relations of woody taxa along a savanna–woodland continental rainfall gradient
Fiona M. Soper
Anna E. Richards
Susanne Schmidt
Ecosystem ecology - Original research 13 December 2014 Pages: 297 - 308
Comparing the ecological impacts of native and invasive crayfish: could native species’ translocation do more harm than good?
J. James
F. M. Slater
J. Cable
Ecosystem ecology - Original research 31 December 2014 Pages: 309 - 316

Volume 178, Issue 1

Individual-level niche specialization within populations: emerging areas of study

Factors affecting individual foraging specialization and temporal diet stability across the range of a large “generalist” apex predator

The cost of reproduction: differential resource specialization in female and male California sea otters

Resource availability affects individual niche variation and its consequences in group-living European badgers Meles meles

The interaction of intraspecific competition and habitat on individual diet specialization: a near range-wide examination of sea otters

Timescales alter the inferred strength and temporal consistency of intraspecific diet specialization

Measuring individuality in habitat use across complex landscapes: approaches, constraints, and implications for assessing resource specialization

Covarying variances: more morphologically variable populations also exhibit more diet variation

Individuals in food webs: the relationships between trophic position, omnivory and among-individual diet variation

Individual variation in anthropogenic resource use in an urban carnivore

Behavioural consistency and life history of Rana dalmatina tadpoles

Contrasting growth responses of dominant peatland plants to warming and vegetation composition

Isocline analysis of competition predicts stable coexistence of two amphibians

Inter-annual variation in American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) plumage colour is associated with rainfall and temperature during moult: an 11-year study

The role of maternal behavior and offspring development in the survival of mountain goat kids

Senescence in breeding success of female Alpine chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra): the role of female quality and age

Age-specific reproductive success and cost in female Alpine ibex

Morphological variation and different branch modularity across contrasting flow conditions in dominant Pocillopora reef-building corals

Invasive earthworms interact with abiotic conditions to influence the invasion of common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)

Indirect human impacts turn off reciprocal feedbacks and decrease ecosystem resilience

Trophic dynamics in an aquatic community: interactions among primary producers, grazers, and a pathogenic fungus

Fruitful factors: what limits seed production of flowering plants in the alpine?

Null model approaches to evaluating the relative role of different assembly processes in shaping ecological communities

DNA left on browsed twigs uncovers bite-scale resource use patterns in European ungulates

Interactions between abiotic constraint, propagule pressure, and biotic resistance regulate plant invasion

Natural abundance (δ¹⁵N) indicates shifts in nitrogen relations of woody taxa along a savanna–woodland continental rainfall gradient

Comparing the ecological impacts of native and invasive crayfish: could native species’ translocation do more harm than good?

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