Resource partitioning in freshwater turtle communities: A null model meta-analysis of available data

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-88

  Luiselli, Luca ^a  

^a Centre of Environmental Studies 'Demetra srl'   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Freshwater turtles; Null models; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT QUALITY; META-ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NICHE PARTITIONING; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 48549099130     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

References (78)

1. Allanson M., and Georges A. Diet of Elseya purvisi and Elseya georgesi (Testudines: Chelidae), a sibling species pair of freshwater turtles from eastern Australia. Chel. Cons. Biol. 3 (1999) 473-477
2. Almeida S.S., Sa P.G.S., and Garcia A. Vegetais consumidos como alimento por Podocnemis (Chelonia) na regiao do baixo Rio Xingu (PA). Bol. Mus. Par. Em. Goeldi. 2 (1986) 199-211
3. Aresco, M.J., 2005. Ecological relationships of turtles in Northern Florida lakes: a study of omnivory and the structure of a lake food web. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, the Florida State University.
4. Arnold S.J. Species densities of predators and their prey. Am. Nat. 106 (1972) 220-236
5. Arvy C., and Servan J. Imminent competition between Trachemys scripta and Emys orbicularis in France. Mertensiella 10 (1998) 33-40
6. Auth D.L. Behavioral ecology of basking in the yellow-bellied turtle, Chrysemys scripta scripta (Schoepff). Bull. Florida State Mus. Biol. Sci. 20 (1975) 1-45
7. Bannikov A.G. Materials to the knowledge of biology of Caucasian turtles. Uch. Zap. Mosko. Gorodskogo Ped. Inst. Kaf. Zool. (I) 18 (1951) 129-167
8. Barbault R. Pression de predation et evolution des strategies demographiques en zone tropicale: le cas des lizards et des amphibians. Rev. Zool. Afr. 101 (1987) 301-327
9. Barbault R. Ecological constraints and community dynamics: linking community patterns to organismal ecology. The case of tropical herpetofaunas. Acta Oecol. 12 (1991) 139-163
10. Barbault R., and Stearns S.C. Towards and evolutionary ecology linking species interactions, life-history strategies and community dynamics: an introduction. Acta Oecol. 12 (1991) 3-10
11. Barko V.A., and Briggler J.T. Midland smooth softshell (Apalone mutica) and spiny softshell (Apalone spinifera) turtles in the Middle Mississippi River: habitat associations, population structure, and implications for conservation. Chel. Cons. Biol. 5 (2006) 225-231
12. Bhupathy S. Observations on the food of the Ganges soft-shell turtle Trionyx gangeticus in Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 87 (1990) 460-461
13. Bhupathy S. Aspects of the feeding ecology of Lissemys punctata (Testudines: Trionychidae) in Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur. Hamadryad 18 (1993) 13-16
14. Bjorndal K.A., and Bolten A.B. Digestive processing in an herbivorous freshwater turtle: consequences of small intestine fermentation. Physiol. Zool. 63 (1990) 1232-1247
15. Bjorndal K.A., Bolten A.B., Lagueux C.J., and Jackson D.R. Dietary overlap in three sympatric congeneric freshwater turtles (Pseudemys) in Florida. Chel. Cons. Biol. 2 (1997) 430-433
16. Bodie J.R., and Semlitsch R.D. Size-specific mortality and natural selection in freshwater turtles. Copeia 2000 (2000) 732-739
17. Bodie J.R., and Semlitsch R.D. Spatial and temporal use of floodplain habitats by lentic and lotic species of aquatic turtles. Oecologia 122 (2000) 138-146
18. Bodie J.R., Semlitsch R.D., and Renken R.B. Diversity and structure of turtle assemblages: associations with wetland characters across a floodplain landscape. Ecography 23 (2000) 444-456
19. Boyer D.R. Ecology of the basking habit in turtles. Ecology 46 (1965) 99-118
20. Bury R.B., and Wolfheim J.H. Aggression in free-living pond turtles (Clemmys marmorata). BioScience 23 (1973) 659-662
21. Cadi A., and Joly P. The introduction of the slider turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans) in Europe: competition for basking sites with the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis). Chelonii 2 (2000) 95-100
22. Cadi A., and Joly P. Competition for basking sites between the endangered European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis galloitalica) and the introduced red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans). Can. J. Zool. 81 (2003) 1392-1398
23. Cadi A., and Joly P. Impact of the introduction of the read-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) on survival rates of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis). Biodiv. Cons. 13 (2004) 1511-2518
24. Cadi A., Delmas V., Prévot-Julliard A.-C., Joly P., and Girondot M. Successful reproduction of the introduced slider turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans) in the South of France. Aquat. Cons. Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst. 14 (2004) 237-246
25. Chessman B.C. Habitat preferences of freshwater turtles in the Murray Valley, Victoria and New South Wales. Austr. Wildl. Res. 15 (1988) 485-491
26. Conner C.A., Douthitt B.A., and Ryan T.J. Descriptive ecology of a turtle assemblage in an urban landscape. Am. Midl. Nat. 153 (2005) 428-435
27. Diehl S. Direct and indirect effects of omnivory in a littoral lake community. Ecology 76 (1995) 1727-1740
28. Dreslik M.J., Kuhns A.R., and Philips C.A. Structure and composition of a Southern Illinois freshwater turtle assemblage. Northeast. Nat. 12 (2005) 173-186
29. Enge K.M., and Wood K.N. A herpetofaunal survey of Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area, Hernando County, Florida. Herpetol. Nat. Hist. 7 (2000) 117-144
30. Ernst C.H., and Barbour R.W. Turtles of the World (1989), Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C
31. Ford D.K., and Moll D. Sexual and seasonal variation in foraging patterns in the stinkpot, Sternotherus odoratus, in southwestern Missouri. J. Herpetol. 38 (2004) 296-301
32. Friggens M.H., and Brown J.H. Niche partitioning in the cestode communities of two elasmobranches. Oikos 108 (2005) 76-84
33. Fuselier L., and Edds D. Habitat partitioning among three sympatric species of map turtles, genus Graptemys. J. Herpetol 28 (1994) 154-158
34. Gotelli N.J., and Graves G.C. Null Models in Ecology (1996), Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C
35. Hart D.R. Dietary and habitat shift with size of red-eared turtles (Pseudemys scripta) in a southern Illinois population. Herpetologica 39 (1983) 285-290
36. Iverson J.B. Biomass in turtle populations: a neglected subject. Oecologia 55 (1982) 69-76
37. Iverson J.B. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World (1992), Privately Printed, Richmond
38. Jackson D.R. Meat on the move: diet of a predatory turtle, Deirochelys reticularia (Testudines: Emydidae). Chel. Cons. Biol. 2 (1996) 105-107
39. Kennett R. Reproduction of two species of freshwater turtle, Chelodina rugosa and Elseya dentata, from the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia. J. Zool. 247 (1999) 457-473
40. Kuzmin S.L. The Turtles of Russia and Other Ex-Soviet Republics (2002), Chimaira Edition, Frankfurt am Main
41. Lardie R.L. Pugnacious behavior in the softshell Trionyx spinifer pallidus and implications of territoriality. Herpetologica 20 (1965) 281-284
42. Lawlor L.R. Structure and stability in natural and randomly constructed competitive communities. Am. Nat. 116 (1980) 394-408
43. Lehsten V., and Harmand P. Null models or species co-occurrence patterns: assessing bias and minimum iteration number for the sequential swap. Ecography 29 (2006) 786-792
44. Lindeman P.V. Distribution, relative abundance, and basking ecology of the razorback musk turtle, Kinosternon carinatum, in the Pearl and Pascagoula River drainages. Herpetol. Nat. Hist. 4 (1996) 23-34
45. Lindeman P.V. Aggressive interactions during basking among four species of emydid turtles. J. Herpetol. 33 (1999) 214-219
46. Lindeman P.V. Surveys of basking map turtles Graptemys spp. in three river drainages and the importance of deadwood abundance. Biol. Cons. 88 (1999) 33-42
47. Lindeman P.V. Resource use of five sympatric turtle species: effects of competition, phylogeny, and morphology. Can. J. Zool. 78 (2000) 992-1008
48. Lindeman P.V. A contrast in the basking habits of the sympatric trionychid turtles Apalone mutica and A. spinifera. Herpetol. Nat. Hist. 8 (2001) 87-89
49. Luiselli L. Resource partitioning and interspecific competition in snakes: the search for general geographical and guild patterns. Oikos 114 (2006) 193-211
50. Luiselli L. Resource partitioning in the communities of terrestrial turtles: a review of the evidences. Rev. Ecol. (Terre et Vie) 61 (2006) 353-365
51. Luiselli L. Do lizard communities partition the trophic niche? A worldwide meta-analysis using null models. Oikos 117 (2008) 321-330
52. Luiselli, L. Community ecology of African reptiles: historical perspective and a meta-analysis using null models. Afr. J. Ecol., in press.
53. Luiselli L., and Akani G.C. An indirect assessment of the effects of oil pollution on the diversity and functioning of turtle communities in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. Anim. Biodiv. Cons. 26 (2003) 57-65
54. Luiselli L., Akani G.C., Politano E., Odegbune E., and Bello O. Dietary shifts of sympatric freshwater turtles in pristine and oil-polluted habitats of the Niger Delta, southern Nigeria. Herpetol. J. 14 (2004) 57-64
55. Luiselli L., Akani G.C., and Politano E. Effects of habitat alteration cased by petrochemical activities and oil spills on the habitat use and interspecific relationships among four species of Afrotropical freshwater turtles. Biodiv. Cons. 15 (2006) 3751-3767
56. Milne A. Definition of competition among animals. In: Milthorpe F.L. (Ed). Mechanisms of Biological Competition (1961), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 40-61
57. Moll D. Population sizes and foraging ecology in a tropical freshwater stream turtle community. J. Herpetol. 24 (1990) 48-53
58. Parmenter R.R., and Avery H.W. The feeding ecology of the slider turtle. In: Gibbons J.W. (Ed). Life History and Ecology of the Slider Turtle (1990), Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C 257-266
59. Pianka E.R. Latitudinal gradients in species diversity: a review of the concepts. Am. Nat. 100 (1966) 33-46
60. Pianka E.R. Ecology and Natural History of Desert Lizards (1986), Princeton University Press, Princeton
61. Pritchard P.C.H. Observations on body size, sympatry, and niche divergence in softshell turtles (Trionychidae). Chel. Cons. Biol. 4 (2001) 5-27
62. Rizkalla C.E., and Swihart R.K. Community structure and differential responses of aquatic turtles to agriculturally induced habitat fragmentation. Landscape Ecol. 21 (2006) 1361-1375
63. Rödel M.O. Lebensraume und Entwicklung junger Starrbrust-Pelomedusen Pelomedusa subrufa olivacea (Schweigger, 1812) im Comoe-Nationalpark, Elfenbeinkuste. Herpetozoa 10 (1997) 23-33
64. Rohde K. Latitudinal gradients in species diversity: the search for the primary cause. Oikos 65 (1992) 514-527
65. Roughgarden J. Resource partitioning among competing species - a coevolutionary approach. Theor. Popul. Biol. 9 (1976) 308-424
66. Roughgarden J. Competition theory in community ecology. Am. Nat. 122 (1983) 583-601
67. Schoener T.W. Resource partitioning in ecological communities. Science 185 (1974) 27-39
68. Schoener T.W. Competition and the niche. In: Gans C., and Tinkle D.W. (Eds). Biology of the Reptilia (1977), Chicago Univ Press, Chicago 35-136
69. Schubauer J.P., and Parmenter R.R. Winter feeding by aquatic turtles in a southeastern reservoir. J. Herpetol. 15 (1981) 444-447
70. Shine R., and Bonnet X. Snakes: a new 'model organism' in ecological research?. Trends Ecol. Evol. 15 (2000) 221-222
71. Strong D.R. Are trophic cascades all wet? The redundant differentiation in trophic architecture of high diversity ecosystems. Ecology 73 (1992) 747-754
72. Teran A.F., Vogt R.C., and Gomez M.F.S. Food habits of an assemblage of five species of turtles in the Rio Guapore, Rondonia, Brazil. J. Herpetol. 29 (1995) 536-547
73. Toft C.A. Resource partitioning in amphibians and reptiles. Copeia 1985 (1985) 1-21
74. Vogt R.C. Food partitioning in three sympatric species of map turtles, genus Graptemys (Testudinata, Emydidae). Am. Midl. Nat. 105 (1981) 102-111
75. Vogt R.C., and Guzman S.G. Food partitioning in a Neotropical freshwater turtle community. Copeia 1988 (1988) 37-47
76. Webb R.G. North American recent soft-shelled turtles (Family Trionychidae). Univ. Kansas Publ. Museum Nat. Hist. 13 (1962) 426-611
77. Wiens J.A. The Ecology of Bird Communities (1989), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
78. Williams T.A., and Christiansen J.L. The niches of two sympatric softshell turtles, Trionyx muticus and Trionyx spiniferus, in Iowa. J. Herpetol. 15 (1981) 303-308