Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Niche

  1. Reduced enemy pressure did not explain range shifts
    Study of nine alpine plant species finds that reduced leaf damage at warm range edges does not explain why some plants shift downhill during climate change.
  2. H5N1 risk expanded across regions after 2020
    Ecological niche modeling reveals shifted environmental predictors and expanded geographic risk zones for highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 after 2020.
  3. Human disturbance changes predator-prey overlap only in some body size pairs
    Meta-analysis of 480 predator-prey dyads reveals human disturbance restructures temporal niche partitioning according to body mass ratios, with differential consequences for large and small species.
  4. Indigenous wolf beliefs are linked to niche construction
    Comparative analysis of Indigenous Plains concepts of wolves as creator figures through Niche Construction theory and Yellowstone ecosystem data.