Effects of spatial subsidies and habitat structure on the foraging ecology and size of geckos.

ABSTRACT: While it is well established that ecosystem subsidies--the addition of energy, nutrients, or materials across ecosystem boundaries--can affect consumer abundance, there is less information available on how subsidy levels may affect consumer diet, body condition, trophic position, and resource partitioning among consumer species. There is also little information on whether changes in vegetation structure commonly associated with spatial variation in subsidies may play an important role in driving consumer responses to subsidies. To address these knowledge gaps, we studied changes in abundance, diet, trophic position, size, and body condition of two congeneric gecko species (Lepidodactylus spp.) that coexist in palm dominated and native (hereafter dicot dominated) forests across the Central

SUBMITTER: Briggs AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3416811 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature