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Movement is a mechanism that shapes biodiversity patterns across spatialtemporal scales. Thereby, the movement process affects species interactions, population dynamics and community composition. In this thesis, I disentangled the effects of movement on the biodiversity of zooplankton ranging from the individual to the community level. On the individual movement level, I used video-based analysis to explore the implication of movement behavior on preypredator interactions. My results showed that swimming behavior was of great importance as it determined their survival in the face of predation. The findings also additionally highlighted the relevance of the defense status/morphology of prey, as it not only affected the prey-predator relationship by the defense itself but also by plastic movement behavior. On the community movement level, I used a field mesocosm experiment to explore the role of dispersal (time i.e., from the egg bank into the water body and space i.e., between water bodies) in shaping zooplankton metacommunities. My ...
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Dissertation Universität Potsdam 2023
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Parry, Victor From individual to community level Potsdam, 2023
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English
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Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.25932/publishup-59769
URN:
urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-597697
Author information:
Weithoff, Guntram 1965-
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