Different coexistence patterns between apex carnivores and mesocarnivores based on temporal, spatial, and dietary niche partitioning analysis in Qilian Mountain National Park, China
Wei Cong,
Jia Li,
Charlotte Hacker
et al.
Abstract:Carnivores play key roles in maintaining ecosystem structure and function as well as ecological processes, understanding how sympatric species coexistence mechanism in natural ecosystems is a central research topic in community ecology and biodiversity conservation. In this study, we explored intra- and interspecific niche partitioning along spatial, temporal, and dietary niche partitioning between apex carnivores (wolf
Canis lupus
, snow leopard
Panthera uncia
, Eurasian lynx
Lynx lynx
) and mesocarnivores… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.