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

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 ...

This is called niche construction — the beaver doesn’t just occupy its ecological niche, it actively constructs it. Beavers may engineer a hollow portion within a dam to use as a lodge or build a ...

Neutral models don’t need to follow the zero ... M. & Leibold, M. A. Ecological Niches: Linking Classical and Contemporary Approaches. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2003.

David also works on the VectorMap project, an online repository for arthropod collection data, ecological niche models and other map layers related to vector ecology. David works directly with ...

This contrasts with parapatric and sympatric models in which ... of an intervening habitat. Niche conservatism is the tendency of species to retain ancestral ecological characteristics.