The Hutchinsonian niche uses mathematics and statistics to try to explain how species coexist within a given community. The concept of ecological niche is central to ecological biogeography, which ...

Microrefugia, often described as "safe havens," are ecological niches where species can thrive amidst broader environmental ...

The end result is a beaver dam. A pond or small lake fills up behind the dam and that is where the beaver then lives. This is called niche construction — the beaver doesn’t just occupy its ecological ...

PREVIOUS studies on certain Tanganyika Cichlids 1 have shown that, in species of the genus Plecodus, the stomach content is often composed of fish scales. It was not known if this was an ...

Antarctica, the world's most remote, harsh and pristine continent, is not free from marine pollution. Where human activity ...

This is not simply because the organisms that become extinct leave behind empty ecological niches that are filled by creatures from different ancestry than the former inhabitants. Instead ...

This line of research is set in the context of foundational concepts in ecology, such as the ecological niche, but also has implications for species conservation in the face of modern climate change.