Summary. — The diversity of ecological niches favours species coexistence, increasing species richness. Therefore, carnivore species richness should increase with prey species richness, as this represents more trophic niches for carnivores. We evaluated this hypothesis with data from peninsular Spain, by using General Linear Models. We controlled for five alternative explanations for such a relationship : climate, human activity, spatial autocorrelation, habitat heterogeneity, and spurious chance, which might prompt a positive correlation between carnivore and rodent species richness (its main prey). Results show that rodent species richness was positively correlated with carnivore species richness (r = 0.62). The correlation between carniv...
A major goal of evolutionary biology is to understand why clades difer dramatically in species richn...
Evidence from numerous studies suggests that species richness is an emergent property of local commu...
Range size heritability refers to an intriguing pattern where closely related species occupy geograp...
Although it has long been held that plant diversity must influence animal diversity, the nature of t...
Species richness in an area is the result of environmental factors (e. g. primary productivity or ha...
The degree of coexistence among predators can determine the structure of ecological communities. Nic...
Species distribution and composition research has gained significance in light of global warming and...
Aim: Mammalian carnivores are among the best studied groups in terms of evolutionary history. Howeve...
The composition of local mammalian carnivore communities has far-reaching effects on terrestrial eco...
Resumen del trabajo presentado al 7th European Congress of Mammalogy, celebrado en Estocolmo (Suecia...
Background: Several macroevolutionary hypotheses propose a synchrony between climatic changes and va...
The dynamics of species diversification have attracted significant scientific attention in recent de...
Biodiversity is dramatically declining worldwide due to the complex processes that include interacti...
The degree of coexistence among predators can determine the structure of ecological communities. Nic...
The “resource availability hypothesis” predicts occurrence of larger rodents in more productive habi...
A major goal of evolutionary biology is to understand why clades difer dramatically in species richn...
Evidence from numerous studies suggests that species richness is an emergent property of local commu...
Range size heritability refers to an intriguing pattern where closely related species occupy geograp...
Although it has long been held that plant diversity must influence animal diversity, the nature of t...
Species richness in an area is the result of environmental factors (e. g. primary productivity or ha...
The degree of coexistence among predators can determine the structure of ecological communities. Nic...
Species distribution and composition research has gained significance in light of global warming and...
Aim: Mammalian carnivores are among the best studied groups in terms of evolutionary history. Howeve...
The composition of local mammalian carnivore communities has far-reaching effects on terrestrial eco...
Resumen del trabajo presentado al 7th European Congress of Mammalogy, celebrado en Estocolmo (Suecia...
Background: Several macroevolutionary hypotheses propose a synchrony between climatic changes and va...
The dynamics of species diversification have attracted significant scientific attention in recent de...
Biodiversity is dramatically declining worldwide due to the complex processes that include interacti...
The degree of coexistence among predators can determine the structure of ecological communities. Nic...
The “resource availability hypothesis” predicts occurrence of larger rodents in more productive habi...
A major goal of evolutionary biology is to understand why clades difer dramatically in species richn...
Evidence from numerous studies suggests that species richness is an emergent property of local commu...
Range size heritability refers to an intriguing pattern where closely related species occupy geograp...