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Feeding morphology and body size shape resource partitioning in an eared seal community

Body size and feeding morphology influence how animals partition themselves within communities. We tested the relationships among sex, body size, skull morphology and foraging in sympatric otariids (eared seals) from the eastern North Pacific Ocean, the most diverse otariid community in the world. W...

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Autores principales: Valenzuela-Toro, Ana M., Mehta, Rita, Pyenson, Nicholas D., Costa, Daniel P., Koch, Paul L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9993223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36883314
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0534