The Ecological Role of Salamanders as Predators and Prey

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: 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

Salamanders are relevant components of many terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. However, despite the importance of salamanders in many resource–consumer networks, their functional role remains remarkably understudied. Therefore, this volume, entitled The Ecological Role of Salamanders as Prey and Pr...