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Data from: Habitat choice meets thermal specialization: competition with specialists may drive suboptimal habitat preferences in generalists
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Data from: Thermal and moisture habitat preferences do not maximize jumping performance in frogs
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Data from: Bees use anthropogenic habitats despite strong natural habitat preferences
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Data from: Plant functional traits reveal the relative contribution of habitat and food preferences to the diet of grasshoppers
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Data from: Habitat preference modulates trans-oceanic dispersal in a terrestrial vertebrate
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Data from: Habitat preference and den characterization of Indian Pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) in a tropical lowland forested landscape of southwest Sri Lanka
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R script: Species coexist more easily if reinforcement is based on habitat preferences than on species recognition
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Data from: Sundaic elephants prefer habitats on the periphery of protected areas
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Data from: Contrasting genetic structure of sympatric congeneric gastropods: do differences in habitat preference, abundance, and distribution matter?
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Supplementary material 3 from: Krajewski Ł, Adamec L, Saługa M, Bednarek-Ochyra H, Plášek V (2020) Welcome to the Czech Republic again! Rare northern mosses Calliergon megalophyllum and Drepanocladus sordidus (Amblystegiaceae) in South Bohemia in light of their European distribution and habitat preferences. PhytoKeys 154: 111-136. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.154.51454
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Figure 2 from: Krajewski Ł, Adamec L, Saługa M, Bednarek-Ochyra H, Plášek V (2020) Welcome to the Czech Republic again! Rare northern mosses Calliergon megalophyllum and Drepanocladus sordidus (Amblystegiaceae) in South Bohemia in light of their European distribution and habitat preferences. PhytoKeys 154: 111-136. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.154.51454
Figure 2 Distribution of Drepanocladus sordidus in Europe. The new locations in the Czech Republic are marked by the triangle. Occurrence on the northern coast of Spitsbergen beyond the map is indicated by the arrow.
Supplementary material 1 from: Krajewski Ł, Adamec L, Saługa M, Bednarek-Ochyra H, Plášek V (2020) Welcome to the Czech Republic again! Rare northern mosses Calliergon megalophyllum and Drepanocladus sordidus (Amblystegiaceae) in South Bohemia in light of their European distribution and habitat preferences. PhytoKeys 154: 111-136. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.154.51454
List of 44 sites in the Třeboň Basin, S Bohemia, Czech Republic
Figure 1 from: Krajewski Ł, Adamec L, Saługa M, Bednarek-Ochyra H, Plášek V (2020) Welcome to the Czech Republic again! Rare northern mosses Calliergon megalophyllum and Drepanocladus sordidus (Amblystegiaceae) in South Bohemia in light of their European distribution and habitat preferences. PhytoKeys 154: 111-136. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.154.51454
Figure 1 Distribution of Calliergon megalophyllum in Europe. The new locations in the Czech Republic are marked by the triangle and the extinct type locality of Hypnum moldavicum (cf. Velenovský 1903) is marked by the asterisk.
Supplementary material 1 from: Muchuku JK, Gichira AW, Zhao S-Y, Chen J-M, Chen L-Y, Wang Q-F (2020) Distribution pattern and habitat preference for Lobelia species (Campanulaceae) in five countries of East Africa. PhytoKeys 159: 45-60. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.159.54341
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Figure 1 from: Muchuku JK, Gichira AW, Zhao S-Y, Chen J-M, Chen L-Y, Wang Q-F (2020) Distribution pattern and habitat preference for Lobelia species (Campanulaceae) in five countries of East Africa. PhytoKeys 159: 45-60. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.159.54341
Figure 1 The major vegetation regions in East Africa, modified from Kiage and Liu (2006). Two pictures were used as examples of giant lobelias and herbaceous lobelias. The left picture is the giant Lobelia deckenii Hemsl. from Mt Kenya, while the right picture is the herbaceous Lobelia lindblomii Mildbr. from Mt Elgon (pictures by Ling-Yun Chen).
Data from: A context-dependent induction of natal habitat preference in a generalist herbivorous insect
In many species adults exploit sensory information experienced in their natal habitat when searching for resources. This behavioral plasticity may help animals to establish themselves in new habitats by quickly locating suitable resources and avoiding unsuitable resources in complex environments. However the processes guiding positive or negative natal habitat preference induction (NHPI) remain poorly understood. In the polyphagous moth Spodoptera littoralis, earlier studies have shown that female innate host-plant preference is modulated by larval feeding experience. In this context, the aim of this study was to investigate how variability in food quality associated with habitat olfactory cues can modulate NHPI in this species. We found that larvae showed appetitive or aversive responses to the experienced plant olfactory cues based on their values as predictors of food quality. Furthermore, larval exposure to host-plant olfactory cues alone induced oviposition preference for these plants in adult females, but only when the females had been feeding on high-quality food as larvae. Females reared on poor quality food retained their innate plant oviposition preference as adults. These results show that NHPI in S. littoralis is context-dependent and based on food quality with which olfactory cues are associated. They also suggest that larval experience to plant olfactory cues alone is sufficient to modulate the adult host plant preference. Finally, this study suggests that polyphagous insects with particular innate plant preferences may only show phenotypic plasticity in this trait when the fitness benefits are high.
Data from: Diurnal lighting patterns and habitat alter opsin expression and colour preferences in a killifish
Spatial variation in lighting environments frequently leads to population variation in colour patterns, colour preferences and visual systems. Yet lighting conditions also vary diurnally, and many aspects of visual systems and behaviour vary over this time scale. Here, we use the bluefin killifish (Lucania goodei) to compare how diurnal variation and habitat variation (clear versus tannin-stained water) affect opsin expression and the preference to peck at different-coloured objects. Opsin expression was generally lowest at midnight and dawn, and highest at midday and dusk, and this diurnal variation was many times greater than variation between habitats. Pecking preference was affected by both diurnal and habitat variation but did not correlate with opsin expression. Rather, pecking preference matched lighting conditions, with higher preferences for blue at noon and for red at dawn/dusk, when these wavelengths are comparatively scarce. Similarly, blue pecking preference was higher in tannin-stained water where blue wavelengths are reduced. In conclusion, L. goodei exhibits strong diurnal cycles of opsin expression, but these are not tightly correlated with light intensity or colour. Temporally variable pecking preferences probably result from lighting environment rather than from opsin production. These results may have implications for the colour pattern diversity observed in these fish.
Bandicoots return to Booderee: initial survival, dispersal, home range and habitat preferences of reintroduced southern brown bandicoots (eastern sub species; Isoodon obesulus obesulus)
Context Reintroductions can be an effective means of re-establishing locally extinct or declining faunal populations. However, incomplete knowledge of variables influencing survival and establishment can limit successful outcomes. Aim We aimed to examine the factors (e.g. sex, body mass, release order) influencing the survival, dispersal, home range and habitat selection of reintroduced southern brown bandicoots (eastern subspecies; Isoodon obesulus obesulus) into an unfenced, predator-managed environment in south-eastern Australia (Booderee National Park). Methods Over 2 weeks in May 2016, six female and five male bandicoots were wild-caught in state forest and hard released into the park. Release locations were approximately evenly distributed between three primary vegetation types assessed as suitable habitat: heath, woodland and forest. Bandicoots were radio-tracked day and night for 4 weeks from the initial release date. Key results No mortality was detected. Males dispersed more than twice as far as females (male 704 m, female 332 m), but there was no significant sex bias in home range size. At the landscape scale, bandicoots preferentially selected home ranges that contained heath and avoided forest. Within home ranges, heath and woodland were both favoured over forest. Conclusions Post-release dispersal is sex-biased, but more data are required to determine the influence of other predictors such as body mass and release order. Within the release area, bandicoots favoured non-forest vegetation types. Implications Our study outlines factors influencing the establishment of reintroduced bandicoots. We recommend that future bandicoot reintroductions to Booderee National Park occur within areas of heath and woodland, and that subsequent releases consider the potentially larger spatial requirements and conspecific avoidance among male bandicoots. Our findings contribute new knowledge for improving translocation methods of a nationally endangered medium-sized mammal.
Data from: Reproductive success is driven by local site fidelity despite stronger specialisation by individuals for large scale habitat preference
1. There is widespread evidence that within populations, specialists and generalists can coexist and this is particularly prevalent in marine ecosystems, where foraging specialisations are evident. 2. While individuals may limit niche overlap by consistently foraging in specific areas, site fidelity may also emerge as an artefact of habitat choice but both drivers and fitness consequences of site fidelity are poorly understood. 3. Here we examine an individual metric of site and habitat fidelity, using tracking data collected over 11 years for black-browed albatrosses (Thalassarche melanophris). Fidelity was calculated as the similarity between pairs of foraging zones, quantifying measures for within and between years. Foraging areas were identified using area restricted search, defined as periods during which birds decrease speed and increase turning. 4. Our results demonstrate that birds were considerably more specialised in the habitat in which they forage than the exact location they use within years, and there was a similar pattern between years. However, despite this, it was site fidelity that explained reproductive success. Within a single year, females which were more faithful to a specific location had higher reproductive success than non-specialists and between years there was tendency for both sexes. 5. Our results suggest that black-browed albatrosses are highly faithful in their foraging habitat but it is rather site fidelity that is more clearly associated with reproductive success.
FIGURE 2 in New species of Crotonia (Acari: Oribatida) from Tasmania Rainforest, and the habitat preferences of Crotoniidae
FIGURE 2. Crotonia pyemaireneri sp. nov. Female a) dorsal; b) ventral; c) caudal apophyses.
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