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...ls used to explain [[relative species abundance]] distributions. These '''niche apportionment models''' describe how species break up [[resource]] pool in ...anded upon the broken stick model, when he generated roughly 7 mechanistic niche apportionment models. These mechanistic models provide a useful starting p ...

...ogy]] that proposes the existence of a maximum level of [[ecological niche|niche]] overlap between two given [[species]] that will allow continued coexisten .../ref> The principle maintains that two species with the same [[ecological niche]]s cannot stably coexist. That is to say, when two species compete for iden ...

...butions: moving beyond single prediction theories to integration within an ecological framework". ''Ecology Letters'' 10: 995–1015</ref> Relative species abundances follow very similar patterns over a wide range of ecological communities. When plotted as a histogram of the number of species represent ...

{{Short description|Class of ecological models}} ...than M. |url=https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226101811.001.0001 |title=Ecological Niches |last2=Leibold |first2=Mathew A. |date=2003 |publisher=University of ...

...70384 |pmc=5700930 |arxiv=1609.04318|bibcode=2017NatSR...716197K}}</ref> [[ecological stability]],<ref name="johnson2014"/> intervality,<ref name="dominguez2016" ...|year=2010 |title=Food-web structure in low- and high-dimensional trophic niche spaces |journal=[[Journal of the Royal Society Interface|J R Soc Interface] ...

...ive to [[interspecific competition]] (between-species), the signature of [[niche differentiation]] (see [[competitive Lotka-Volterra equations|Lotka-Volterr ...itness (biology)|fitness]] differences between species or an increase in [[niche differentiation]] between species. These two factors have been termed equal ...

{{short description|Ecological concept}} ...=J.A.|last4=Chase|first4=J.M.|last5=Rahbek|first5=C.|title=Inferring local ecological processes amid species pool influences|journal=Trends in Ecology and Evolut ...

...of [[keystone species|keystone predation]], [[niche partitioning#Types of niche differentiation|predator partitioning]] or the pest pressure hypothesis.<re .../> As Wright (2002) pointed out, "field measurements only demonstrate that niche differences, Janzen–Connell effects, and negative density dependence occur. ...

...9),<ref name="Hutch1959">Hutchinson GE & MacArthur RH (1959) A theoretical ecological model of size distributions among species of animals. American Naturalist 9 ...ribution of species among body sizes is not a [[sampling bias]], then some ecological interactions must underlie this pattern. Explanations in the literature sug ...

...tical migration. Sheaths of ''Thioploca spp''. are considered a compatible niche for the growth of [[Anammox|anammox bacteria]], due to the ability of ''Thi == Ecological niche == ...

...ists, was insufficient to retain [[biodiversity]], preserve the valuable [[ecological service]]s provided by ecosystems and species and maintain their resilience *[[Ecological niche]] ...

...[Three-spined stickleback]] fish have been a frequently studied species in ecological speciation.]] ...reduces or eliminates [[gene flow]] between two populations of a species. Ecological factors can include changes in the environmental conditions in which a spec ...

...n instead saw speciation as occurring by species entering new [[ecological niche]]s.<ref name="Speciation"/>{{rp|125}} ...ion largely match the modern theories of both [[adaptive radiation]] and [[ecological speciation]].<ref name=Mallet2010/> ...

...and ''tolerance'' respectively. For example, the tolerance is a measure of niche width, and a large value means that that species can live in a wide range o journal=Ecological Monographs |volume=74 |issue=4 |pages=685–701 |doi=10.1890/03-0078}}</ref> ...

...ssible.<ref name="vernikos20142" /> Population size and [[Ecological niche|niche]] versatility have been suggested as the most influential factors in determ ...from other species of the genus, i.e. that may be related pathogenicity to niche adaptation.<ref name="Mosquera2016">{{cite journal | vauthors = Mosquera-Re ...

...linity and the vertical density profile, which sets the conditions for the ecological communities to develop.<ref name="Hamner-1982">{{Cite journal |last1=Hamner ...iology |date=1985 |title=Hypersaline Ecosystems: The Gavish Sabkha |series=Ecological Studies |volume=53 |pages=136–144 |editor-last=Friedman |editor-first=Geral ...

...species of animal may exceed the [[carrying capacity]] of its [[ecological niche]]. ...though the full reasons for population cycles is one of the major unsolved ecological problems. There are a number of factors which influence population change s ...

...ast2=Scheffer |first2=Marten |title=The angiosperm radiation revisited, an ecological explanation for Darwin's 'abominable mystery' |journal=[[Ecology Letters]] === Ecological relationships === ...

...e]] as an electron acceptor, instead of oxygen, extends their [[ecological niche]] beyond [[Anoxic waters|anoxic]] to much deeper areas in the water column. ...

...a]] in [[Cantabria]]''' presents a wide diversity thanks to the variety of ecological niches existing in the community and its geographical position, equidistant ...of forms as a result of adaptation to different habitats and [[ecological niche]]s, the species present in Cantabria have in common their relatively small ...