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Competing species leave many potential niches unfilled
A cornerstone of biology is that coexisting species evolve to occupy separate ecological niches. Classical theory predicts that interspecific competition should lead to all potential niches being occupied, yet observational data suggest that many niches are unfilled. Here we show that theory can be...
Autores principales: | Ashby, Ben, Watkins, Eleanor, Lourenco, Jose, Gupta, Sunetra, Foster, Kevin R |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5624504/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28983517 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0295-3 |
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