The Ecological Role of Salamanders as Predators and Prey (MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022)
Keywords: amphibia; amphibians; aqueduct; artificial cave; biospeleology; body condition; capture-mark-recapture; cave biology; coexisting species; COI; community ecology; diet; DNA metabarcoding; ecological opportunity; ecotone; energy flow; feeding ecology; flatworm; habitat coupling; Hydromantes; hypogean; individual diet specialization; individual specialization; Lissotriton; Monolistra; n/a; niche variation hypothesis; niche width; Niphargus; parental species; plethodontid; predator–prey interactions; prey; prey-predator system; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; resource selection; salamanders; seepage; size; Speleomantes; Sphaeromatidae; stygofauna; subterranean habitat; top–down control; Triturus; trophic cascades; trophic ecology; trophic niche; underground; Urodela