Niche partitioning among mule deer, elk, and cattle: Do stable isotopes reflect dietary niche?

Ecoscience ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelley M. Stewart ◽  
R. Terry Bowyer ◽  
John Kie ◽  
Brian L. Dick ◽  
Merav Ben-David
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotopes ◽  
Mule Deer ◽  
Niche Partitioning ◽  
Dietary Niche

Stable Isotopes Reveal that Little Brown Bats have a Broader Dietary Niche than Northern Long-Eared Bats

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh G. Broders ◽  
Lesley J. Farrow ◽  
Ryan N. Hearn ◽  
Lissa M. Lawrence ◽  
Graham J. Forbes
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotopes ◽  
Dietary Niche ◽  
Little Brown Bats

scholarly journals Dietary niche partitioning by sympatricPeromyscus boyliiandP. californicusin a mixed evergreen forest

2013 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
pp. 1248-1257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel E. B. Reid ◽  
Eli N. Greenwald ◽  
Yiwei Wang ◽  
Christopher C. Wilmers
Keyword(s):  
Niche Partitioning ◽  
Evergreen Forest ◽  
Dietary Niche

scholarly journals Dietary niche partitioning between sympatric wood mouse species (Muridae: Apodemus) revealed by DNA meta-barcoding analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 99 (4) ◽  
pp. 952-964 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun J Sato ◽  
Takuya Shimada ◽  
Daisuke Kyogoku ◽  
Taketo Komura ◽  
Shigeru Uemura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Niche Partitioning ◽  
Wood Mouse ◽  
Dietary Niche ◽  
Mouse Species

scholarly journals Three-dimensional computer simulations of feeding behaviour in red and giant pandas relate skull biomechanics with dietary niche partitioning

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 20140196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Borja Figueirido ◽  
Zhijie Jack Tseng ◽  
Francisco J. Serrano-Alarcón ◽  
Alberto Martín-Serra ◽  
Juan F. Pastor
Keyword(s):  
Niche Partitioning ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Mechanical Efficiency ◽  
Ailuropoda Melanoleuca ◽  
Stress Distributions ◽  
Foraging Mode ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Giant Pandas ◽  
Energy Profiles ◽  
Dietary Niche

The red ( Ailurus fulgens ) and giant ( Ailuropoda melanoleuca ) pandas are mammalian carnivores convergently adapted to a bamboo feeding diet. However, whereas Ailurus forages almost entirely on younger leaves, fruits and tender trunks, Ailuropoda relies more on trunks and stems. Such difference in foraging mode is considered a strategy for resource partitioning where they are sympatric. Here, we use finite-element analysis to test for mechanical differences and similarities in skull performance between Ailurus and Ailuropoda related to diet. Feeding simulations suggest that the two panda species have similar ranges of mechanical efficiency and strain energy profiles across the dentition, reflecting their durophagous diet. However, the stress distributions and peaks in the skulls of Ailurus and Ailuropoda are remarkably different for biting at all tooth locations. Although the skull of Ailuropoda is capable of resisting higher stresses than the skull of Ailurus , the latter is able to distribute stresses more evenly throughout the skull. These differences in skull biomechanics reflect their distinct bamboo feeding preferences. Ailurus uses repetitive chewing in an extended mastication to feed on soft leaves, and Ailuropoda exhibits shorter and more discrete periods of chomp-and-swallow feeding to break down hard bamboo trunks.

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