Individuals rarely have equal competitive abilities, with body size being one of the most important attributes affecting the mechanism (i.e. exploitative and interference) and consequences of ...

In ecology, competition is defined as a type of negative interaction that occurs when resources are in short supply. Intraspecific competition occurs when individuals of the same species compete for ...

Intraspecific variation in foundation species such as mangroves (above), corals, and kelp forests serves to maintain ecosystem resilience in the face of a rapidly changing climate. (Photo by Simone ...

1. Despite widespread focus on interspecific variation in trait-based ecology, there is growing evidence that intraspecific trait variability can play a fundamental role in plant community responses ...

A study of around 100 newly collected specimens of early ammonoids (marine invertebrates with distinctive coiled shells) suggests that the number of species they belong to might have been ...

This study is led by Prof. Heping Zhang and Wenjun Liu (Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, China). Further phylogenetic reconstruction (presence-absence gene profile) revealed within-sample inter ...