Reciprocal role of salamanders in aquatic energy flow pathways

J Sánchez-Hernández - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
Many species of salamanders (newts and salamanders per se) have a pivotal role in energy
flow pathways as they include individuals functioning as prey, competitors, and predators …

Environmental drivers of amphibian breeding phenology across multiple sites

MF Benard, KR Greenwald - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
A mechanistic understanding of phenology, the seasonal timing of life history events, is
important for understanding species' interactions and the potential responses of ecological …

Size‐mediated priority and temperature effects on intra‐cohort competition and cannibalism in a damselfly

S Sniegula, MJ Golab… - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A shift in the relative arrival of offspring, for example a shift in hatching time, can affect
competition at the intraspecific level through size‐mediated priority effects, where the larger …

Temperature and nutrient conditions modify the effects of phenological shifts in predator–prey communities

VHW Rudolf - Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Although there is mounting evidence indicating that the relative timing of predator and prey
phenologies determines the outcome of trophic interactions, we still lack a comprehensive …

Intraspecific priority effects in response to egg hatching delay in a pond-breeding salamander

TL Anderson, TJ Rallo - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
As reproduction phenologies shift with climate change, populations can experience
intraspecific priority effects, wherein early hatching cohorts experience an advantage over …

How Trophic Conditions Affect Development of Fire Salamander (Salamandra salamandra) Larvae: Two Extreme Cases

P Cogliati, B Barzaghi, A Melotto, GF Ficetola… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Reduced trophic resources can pose relevant constraints to the development of freshwater
animals with complex life cycles. For amphibians, food deprived environments, such as high …

Niche partitioning and the storage effect facilitate coexistence in an amphibian community

GC Brooks, NM Caruso, HC Chandler… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Virtually all natural community assemblages are dominated by a handful of common
species. Dominant species can exert negative impacts on biodiversity through competitive …

Limited population and community effects of hatching asynchrony in a pond‐breeding salamander

TL Anderson, JJ Burkhart, JA Cianci‐Gaskill… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding attributes of phenology beyond the mean date of a life history event, such as
variability among individuals within a population, is critical to predict how climate‐induced …

Negative density-dependence buffers against mismatch-induced population decline in the Sinai baton blue butterfly

J Musgrove, F Gilbert - Oecologia, 2023 - Springer
Phenological mismatches caused by climate change pose a major threat to global
biodiversity, yet relatively few studies have reported population declines resulting from …

Variability in intermediate predator hatching does not alter top-down effects of top predators

JM Davenport, D Burton, L Suchniak… - Canadian Journal of …, 2024 - cdnsciencepub.com
Variability in phenological shifts (seasonal changes in biological events) has become more
common with climate change. As phenological variability increases due to climatic factors …