Publications by authors named "Ziga Ogorelec"

Article Synopsis
  • Subterranean ecosystems, which include underground areas and water systems, are at risk from human activities, and there aren't enough protected areas to keep them safe.
  • It's tough to protect these ecosystems because it's hard to figure out exactly where they are and what lives in them, and there aren't enough scientists to study them.
  • To help protect these underground habitats, it's important for different groups to work together and come up with plans, and this guide talks about improving protected areas in Europe for better coverage of subterranean ecosystems.
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Invasion of non-native species might alter food web structure and the strength of top-down control within lake ecosystems. As top-down control exerted by fish populations is often dominated by young of the year fish, the impact of new fish species might depend on the feeding rates of the juvenile fish. Here we provide comparative analyses of feeding rates of juvenile whitefish () - a native and specialised planktivore and an invasive generalist (sticklebacks, ).

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