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The ecological causes of individual specialisation.
Ecology letters - 1 Sept 2011
Araújo Márcio S, Bolnick Daniel I, Layman Craig A
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Many generalist populations are composed of specialised individuals, whose niches are small subsets of the population niche. This 'individual specialisation' is a widespread phenomenon in natural populations, but until recently few studies quantified the magnitude of individual specialisation and how this magnitude varies among populations or contexts. Such quantitative approaches are necessary for us to...
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