Highly mobile top predators are hypothesized to spatially and/or temporally link disparate
habitats through the combination of their movement and feeding patterns, but recent studies …

Movement and habitat use patterns are fundamental components of the behaviors of mobile
animals and help determine the scale and types of interactions they have with their …

Background Understanding movement patterns of free-ranging top predators throughout
heterogeneous habitat is important for gaining insight into trophic interactions. We tracked …

Abstract American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) food habit data are important when
establishing management strategies, as diet can directly influence growth rates, body …

Individual animals undergoing ontogenetic shifts in habitat use may establish a mobile link
between discrete ecosystems via movement of energy, nutrients and matter, as well as …

Large‐bodied, top‐predators are often highly mobile, with the potential to provide important
linkages between spatially distinct food webs. What biological factors contribute to variation …

American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) are opportunistic carnivores and
scavengers. However, composition of alligator diets often differs geographically, presumably …

The American alligator is the only large, abundant, widespread nonmarine carni vore left in
the southeastern United States. It is a keystone species within the Everglades and other …

Individual niche specialization (INS) is increasingly recognized as an important component
of ecological and evolutionary dynamics. However, most studies that have investigated INS …

Within oligotrophic ecosystems, resource limitations coupled with interspecific variation in
morphology, physiology, and life history traits may lead to niche partitioning among species …