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Ecological speciation in a generalist consumer expands the trophic niche of a dominant predator

Ecological speciation – whereby an ancestral founder species diversifies to fill vacant niches – is a phenomenon characteristic of newly formed ecosystems. Despite such ubiquity, ecosystem-level effects of such divergence remain poorly understood. Here, we compared the trophic niche of European whit...

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Autores principales: Thomas, Stephen M., Harrod, Chris, Hayden, Brian, Malinen, Tommi, Kahilainen, Kimmo K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5562900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28821736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08263-9