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When is an herbivore not an herbivore? Detritivory facilitates herbivory in a freshwater system

Herbivory is thought to be an inefficient diet, but it independently evolved from carnivorous ancestors in many metazoan groups, suggesting that plant‐eating is adaptive in some circumstances. In this study, we tested two hypotheses to explain the adaptive evolution of herbivory: (i) the Heterotroph...

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Autores principales: Sanchez, Jessica L., Trexler, Joel C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6024117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29988405
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4133