Water provisioning shapes carnivore community structure.

IF 16.7 1区生物学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Trends in ecology & evolution Pub Date : 2024-11-21 DOI:10.1016/j.tree.2024.11.001

Michael J Somers, Michele Walters

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Abstract

Water provisioning is common in arid and semi-arid African ecosystems, but its effects on carnivore communities are not understood. Recently, Morin et al. documented the unexpectedly contrasting space-use patterns of dominant and subordinate carnivores around water sources, with dominant carnivores facilitating subordinate carnivores.

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水的供给塑造了食肉动物的群落结构。

水源供给在非洲干旱和半干旱生态系统中很常见，但其对食肉动物群落的影响尚不清楚。最近，Morin 等人记录了水源周围优势食肉动物和劣势食肉动物出人意料的空间利用模式对比，优势食肉动物为劣势食肉动物提供了便利。

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Trends in ecology & evolution 生物-进化生物学

CiteScore

26.50

自引率

3.00%

发文量

178

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

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