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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"biotic interaction"”.
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Biotic Interaction of Invasive, Early-Succession Trees and Their Effects on Community Diversity: a Multi-Scale Study Using the Exotic Invasive Ailanthus altissima and the Native Robinia pseudoacacia in the Mid-Appalachian Forest of Eastern United States
… impacted by invasive species because of the interactions between invasive species and native plants. This study focuses on understanding the extent, mechanisms and consequences of interaction between a non-indigenous invader Ailanthus altissima and its functionally similar native species …
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Biotic interactions through a macroecological lens: biogeographic trends in parasitism rates and life history effects on the evolution of cooperation
… across trophic levels and environments, biotic interactions determine the flow of nutrients and energy in an ecosystem, their effects on fitness having the ability to shape species' ecology. Biotic interactions are also highly context-dependent, varying in strength in response to many …
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Defining rarity and determining the mechanisms of rarity for North American freshwater fishes
… of regional and watershed habitat variables, biotic interaction variables, and instream habitat variables, on the rare or common status on 23 North American freshwater fishes. I also compared biological and reproductive traits among species classified into the rarity framework. Rarity was …
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The costs and benefits of hosting colonial sociable weaver nests for arid zone savanna trees
… with competition. Facilitation is an ecological interaction in which one species enhances the habitat of another species. Research on facilitative interactions between birds and plants has mainly focused on pollination and seed dispersal, but many birds interact closely with plants at the nesting …