ReviewOecologia2020
Studying animal niches using bulk stable isotope ratios: an updated synthesis.
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- A new approach to quantify isotopic (co)variation across levels of biological organization using double-hierarchical generalized linear models.The Journal of animal ecology · 2026Article
- Discrete foraging landscapes support large scale migrations of a marine fish.Movement ecology · 2026Article
- Within-population isotopic niche variation of mammalian herbivores over a body mass and habitat gradient.BMC ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Repeated migration informs amino acid nitrogen isotope incorporation in the African elephant Loxodonta africana.Oecologia · 2026Article
- Predation threat affects isotope ratios of planktonic consumers.Oecologia · 2025Article
- Cyanobacterial bloom causes expansion of isotopic niche areas and overlap in crustacean zooplankton.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Seabird-derived nutrients influence feeding pathways and body size in cryptobenthic reef fishes.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Mid-Holocene aridity recorded in pygmy hippo and giant tortoise bone from southwest Madagascar.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Coexistence, resource partitioning, and fisheries management: A tale of two mesopredators in equatorial waters.Journal of fish biology · 2025Article
- Habitat engineering by an apex predator generates spatial trophic dynamics across a temporal environmental stress gradient.The Journal of animal ecology · 2025Article
- Pacific oysters (Aquaculture international : journal of the European Aquaculture Society · 2025Article
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- Comparison Study on the Trophic Niche of Red Pandas Using Stable Isotope Analysis.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Dietary Niche Variation in an Invasive Omnivore: The Effects of Habitat on Feral Pig Resource Use in Hawai'i.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Accumulation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Coastal Sharks from Contrasting Marine Environments: The New York Bight and The Bahamas.Environmental science & technology · 2024Article
- Mesophotic corals in Hawai'i maintain autotrophy to survive low-light conditions.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
The development of the isotopic niche, an n-dimensional hypervolume (with n being the number of isotopes) occupied by a population in delta space, has revolutionized the study of animal interactions in wild populations. While the isotopic niche offers a useful means to understand interactions at many ecological resolutions (e.g., individual, population, community, ecosystem), a variety of intrinsic and extrinsic factors drive isotopic variability and influence the ultimate geometry of observed niche dimensions. Here, we provide an updated synthesis to guide the application of bulk stable isotope ratios to study ecological niches. We summarize progress in the application of bulk stable isotope ratios for evaluating niches to synthesize a formal definition of the isotopic niche. We identify six broad categories to describe drivers of isotopic variance introduced by the animal, its environment, and the researcher, and provide recommendations to account for such variations before, during, and after sample collection and data analyses. Our synthesis illustrates the considerations that should be made before employing the isotopic niche to broader ecological contexts, and offers guidance for the use and interpretation of isotopic niche dynamics in future studies.
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