Niche Partitioning at Emergence of Two Syntopic Dragonflies
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Sampling Area
2.2. Sampling Design
2.3. Statistical Analyses
2.3.1. Generalized Linear Mixed Models
2.3.2. Hypervolume Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Scheme 2 | Municipality | Latitude | Longitude | Altitude (m) | Surface (m2) | Temperature (°C) | pH |
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Lot lake | Antey–St.-André | 45.802626 | 7.5942989 | 1479 | 15.150 | 19.0 | 7.05 |
Loz lake | Valtournenche | 45.890443 | 7.6290202 | 1718 | 8.169 | 15.8 | 9.07 |
Lod lake | Chamois | 45.844495 | 7.620993 | 2022 | 16.700 | 18.0 | 8.02 |
Scheme | Total Plots | Aeshna grandis | Aeshna juncea | ||
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N Exuviae | Mean (±SD) | N exuviae | Mean (±SD) | ||
Lot lake | 30 | 31 | 1.03 (±1.33) | 17 | 0.57 (±0.90) |
Lod lake | 50 | 23 | 0.46 (±0.76) | 95 | 1.90 (±2.41) |
Loz lake | 38 | 28 | 0.74 (±1.39) | 32 | 0.84 (±1.78) |
Variable | Presence/Absence Data | Count Data | ||||||
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(a) Aeshna grandis | β | SE | Z | P | β | SE | Z | P |
Intercept | −0.731 | 0.369 | −1.98 | 0.047 | 0.253 | 0.170 | 1.49 | 0.137 |
%aquatic plants | 0.021 | 0.007 | 2.940 | 0.003 | - | - | - | - |
%water cover | −0.012 | 0.006 | −2.002 | 0.045 | - | - | - | - |
Vegetation height | 0.004 | 0.003 | 1.597 | 0.110 | - | - | - | - |
Water depth | - | - | - | - | 0.012 | 0.004 | 2.680 | 0.007 |
(b) Aeshna juncea | β | SE | Z | P | β | SE | Z | P |
Intercept | −1.74 | 0.909 | −1.91 | 0.056 | 0.590 | 0.325 | 1.82 | 0.070 |
Water depth | 0.030 | 0.012 | 2.455 | 0.014 | - | - | - | - |
%canopy cover | 0.019 | 0.008 | 2.244 | 0.025 | 0.008 | 0.003 | 2.680 | 0.007 |
%water cover | −0.018 | 0.006 | −2.924 | 0.003 | - | - | - | - |
%shoreline plants | −0.045 | 0.026 | −1.765 | 0.078 | - | - | - | - |
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Piano, E.; Mammola, S.; Dalle, M.; Riservato, E.; Isaia, M. Niche Partitioning at Emergence of Two Syntopic Dragonflies. Ecologies 2021, 2, 16-26. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies2010002
Piano E, Mammola S, Dalle M, Riservato E, Isaia M. Niche Partitioning at Emergence of Two Syntopic Dragonflies. Ecologies. 2021; 2(1):16-26. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies2010002
Chicago/Turabian StylePiano, Elena, Stefano Mammola, Martina Dalle, Elisa Riservato, and Marco Isaia. 2021. "Niche Partitioning at Emergence of Two Syntopic Dragonflies" Ecologies 2, no. 1: 16-26. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies2010002