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Why intraspecific trait variation matters in community ecology.
Trends in ecology & evolution - 1 Apr 2011
Bolnick Daniel I, Amarasekare Priyanga, Araújo Márcio S, Bürger Reinhard, Levine Jonathan M, Novak Mark, Rudolf Volker H W, Schreiber Sebastian J, Urban Mark C, Vasseur David A
Abstract excerpt
Natural populations consist of phenotypically diverse individuals that exhibit variation in their demographic parameters and intra- and inter-specific interactions. Recent experimental work indicates that such variation can have significant ecological effects. However, ecological models typically disregard this variation and focus instead on trait means and total population density. Under what situations is this...
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