Memory and resource tracking drive blue whale migrations

B Abrahms, EL Hazen, EO Aikens… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
In terrestrial systems, the green wave hypothesis posits that migrating animals can enhance
foraging opportunities by tracking phenological variation in high-quality forage across space …

Dynamic ensemble models to predict distributions and anthropogenic risk exposure for highly mobile species

B Abrahms, H Welch, S Brodie, MG Jacox… - Diversity and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Advances in ecological and environmental modelling offer new opportunities for
estimating dynamic habitat suitability for highly mobile species and supporting management …

[HTML][HTML] Scales of blue and fin whale feeding behavior off California, USA, with implications for prey patchiness

LM Irvine, DM Palacios, BA Lagerquist… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Intermediate-duration archival tags were attached to eight blue whales (Balaenoptera
musculus; four females, three males, one of unknown sex), and five fin whales (B. physalus; …

The euphausiid prey field for blue whales around a steep bathymetric feature in the southern California current system

CF Nickels, LM Sala, MD Ohman - Limnology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Euphausiids are important prey for many marine organisms and often occur in patchy
aggregations. Euphausiid predators, such as blue whales, may become concentrated in the …

Fine-scale habitat partitioning facilitates sympatry between two octopus species in a shallow Florida lagoon

CO Bennice, AP Rayburn, WR Brooks… - Marine Ecology Progress …, 2019 - int-res.com
Species coexistence is a critical determinant of biodiversity and community structure, yet
resource partitioning mechanisms that facilitate coexistence remain understudied for many …

Grass greenness and grass height promote the resource partitioning among reintroduced Burchell's zebra and blue wildebeest in southern Mozambique

LC Mandlate Jr, R Arsenault, FHG Rodrigues - Austral Ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Differences in the selection of habitat and specific dietary items support resource partitioning
and coexistence of sympatric African grazing herbivores, such as zebra and wildebeest. In …

Partitioning resources through the seasons: a test of the competitive ability–cold tolerance trade-off hypothesis in seasonally breeding beetles

JD Wettlaufer - 2019 - search.proquest.com
Understanding the factors that maintain and constrain biodiversity and species coexistence
is a major goal in ecology. Closely related species that use similar resources often differ in …

Mechanisms of Coexistence between Two Octopus Species in a South Florida Lagoon

C Bennice - 2019 - search.proquest.com
Theoretically, sympatric species must partition resources or space to allow for coexistence.
Determining empirically the specific resources each species exploits and species' …

[图书][B] Multi-Scale Drivers of Efficiency in Rorqual Whale Engulfment Filtration Feeding

DE Cade - 2019 - search.proquest.com
Rorqual whales, the largest predators on earth, employ a unique, energetically expensive
foraging style that enables bulk feeding on small prey. Intermittent-engulfment ram-filtration …