The Ecological Role of Salamanders as Predators and Prey

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...

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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 Predators, provides an opportunity for researchers to highlight the new research on the ecological role of salamanders and newts in prey–predator systems, their trophic behavior, and the variability of their trophic niche in space and time. Various innovative methods, such as COI metabarcoding and network analysis, are applied in the present study to test both the classical and new hypotheses concerning the trophic ecology of salamanders and their interactions with their prey. The present volume is composed of one review and seven research papers, all of which are published after undergoing a complete and impartial peer-review process.
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artificial cave
ecotone
prey-predator system
salamanders
Speleomantes
subterranean habitat
amphibia
energy flow
habitat coupling
predator-prey interactions
top-down control
trophic cascades
trophic ecology
Urodela
cave biology
prey
hypogean
underground
stygofauna
Monolistra
Sphaeromatidae
Niphargus
flatworm
aqueduct
seepage
individual diet specialization
ecological opportunity
diet
plethodontid
community ecology
Triturus
Lissotriton
coexisting species
trophic niche
niche width
niche variation hypothesis
amphibians
feeding ecology
individual specialization
resource selection
Hydromantes
body condition
biospeleology
parental species
size
capture-mark-recapture
COI
DNA metabarcoding
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