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Niche Axes

Niche Axes is a theoretical construct in ecology that represents the independent environmental or resource dimensions—such as spatial location, temporal activity, or dietary preference—along which species differentiate their ecological roles to minimize competition and enable coexistence within a shared habitat.

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356

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194

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2017–2026

29

Variants

Ecological Niche Axes

Parents

Publications

99

Rethinking Community Assembly through the Lens of Coexistence Theory

Janneke HilleRisLambers, Peter B. Adler, W. Stanley Harpole et al. · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · 2012 · 1.4K citations

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Temperature as an Ecological Resource

John J. Magnuson, Larry B. Crowder, Patricia A. Medvick · American Zoologist · 1979 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Isotopic niches and trophic levels of myctophid fishes and their predators in the Southern Ocean

Yves Cherel, Camille Fontaine, Pierre Richard et al. · Limnology and Oceanography · 2009 · 239 citations

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Explanations of commonness and rarity in British breeding birds: separating resource use and resource availability

Richard D. Gregory, Kevin J. Gaston · Oikos · 2000 · 205 citations

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Phylogeny and biogeography of the American live oaks (<i>Quercus</i>subsection<i>Virentes</i>): a genomic and population genetics approach

Jeannine Cavender‐Bares, Antonio González‐Rodríguez, Deren A. R. Eaton et al. · Molecular Ecology · 2015 · 195 citations · Full text

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Authors

356

  1. JJ
    John J. Wiens

    University of Arizona, United States

    2 publications · 204 citations

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  2. DR
    Dennis Rödder

    Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Germany

    2 publications · 111 citations

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  3. MR
    Michael R. Willig

    University of Connecticut, United States

    2 publications · 248 citations

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  4. MD
    Michael D. Weiser

    University of Oklahoma, United States

    2 publications · 204 citations

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  5. JN
    Jonathan N. Pauli

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    2 publications · 106 citations

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Institutions

194

  1. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    450 citations

  4. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    133 citations

  5. University of Otago

    Dunedin, New Zealand

    3 h-index

    2 publications

    141 citations

  6. University of Oklahoma

    Norman, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    528 citations

  7. James Cook University

    Townsville, Australia

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    399 citations

  8. Field Museum of Natural History

    Chicago, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    329 citations

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Venues

  1. Ecology

    10 publications · 719 citations

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  2. Oecologia

    5 publications · 380 citations

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  3. Oikos

    5 publications · 492 citations

    5

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  4. PLoS ONE

    4 publications · 161 citations

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  5. Journal of Ecology

    4 publications · 161 citations

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