Human induced eutrophication has strongly altered aquatic ecosystems. With increasing eutrophication, plant nutrient concentrations increase, making them more attractive as food for herbivores. However, most aquatic consumers are omnivorous. Ecological stoichiometry theory predicts that animals prefer to consume food which has a similar nutrient (N and P) composition or C:nutrient ratio compared to their own bodies, hence omnivorous animals may prefer to eat animal prey instead of plants. We ask whether aquatic omnivores would shift their diet towards more plant consumption when plants are more nutritious and their stoichiometry becomes more similar to the stoichiometry of the omnivore. We hypothesized that: (1) the omnivore increases plant...
Herbivores induce plants to undergo diverse processes that minimize costs to the plant, such as prod...
Higher temperatures as a consequence of global climate change may considerably alter trophic interac...
1. Animal defecation, or egestion, is a pronounced transformation of organic matter in many ecosyste...
Human induced eutrophication has strongly altered aquatic ecosystems. With increasing eutrophication...
Human induced eutrophication has strongly altered aquatic ecosystems. With increasing eutrophication...
Human induced eutrophication has strongly altered aquatic ecosystems. With increasing eutrophication...
How are resource consumption and growth rates of litter-consuming detritivores affected by imbalance...
How are resource consumption and growth rates of litter-consuming detritivores affected by imbalance...
How are resource consumption and growth rates of litter-consuming detritivores affected by imbalance...
1. Herbivory is thought to be an inefficient diet, but it independently evolved from carnivorous anc...
1. Herbivory is thought to be an inefficient diet, but it independently evolved from carnivorous anc...
1. Herbivory is thought to be an inefficient diet, but it independently evolved from carnivorous anc...
Eutrophication and globalisation facilitate the dominance of exotic plants in aquatic ecosystems wor...
Eutrophication and globalisation facilitate the dominance of exotic plants in aquatic ecosystems wor...
Eutrophication and globalisation facilitate the dominance of exotic plants in aquatic ecosystems wor...
Herbivores induce plants to undergo diverse processes that minimize costs to the plant, such as prod...
Higher temperatures as a consequence of global climate change may considerably alter trophic interac...
1. Animal defecation, or egestion, is a pronounced transformation of organic matter in many ecosyste...
Human induced eutrophication has strongly altered aquatic ecosystems. With increasing eutrophication...
Human induced eutrophication has strongly altered aquatic ecosystems. With increasing eutrophication...
Human induced eutrophication has strongly altered aquatic ecosystems. With increasing eutrophication...
How are resource consumption and growth rates of litter-consuming detritivores affected by imbalance...
How are resource consumption and growth rates of litter-consuming detritivores affected by imbalance...
How are resource consumption and growth rates of litter-consuming detritivores affected by imbalance...
1. Herbivory is thought to be an inefficient diet, but it independently evolved from carnivorous anc...
1. Herbivory is thought to be an inefficient diet, but it independently evolved from carnivorous anc...
1. Herbivory is thought to be an inefficient diet, but it independently evolved from carnivorous anc...
Eutrophication and globalisation facilitate the dominance of exotic plants in aquatic ecosystems wor...
Eutrophication and globalisation facilitate the dominance of exotic plants in aquatic ecosystems wor...
Eutrophication and globalisation facilitate the dominance of exotic plants in aquatic ecosystems wor...
Herbivores induce plants to undergo diverse processes that minimize costs to the plant, such as prod...
Higher temperatures as a consequence of global climate change may considerably alter trophic interac...
1. Animal defecation, or egestion, is a pronounced transformation of organic matter in many ecosyste...