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Factors affecting individual foraging specialization and temporal diet stability across the range of a large "generalist" apex predator.
Oecologia - 1 May 2015
Rosenblatt Adam E, Nifong James C, Heithaus Michael R, Mazzotti Frank J, Cherkiss Michael S, Jeffery Brian M, Elsey Ruth M, Decker Rachel A, Silliman Brian R, Guillette Louis J, Lowers Russell H, Larson Justin C
Abstract excerpt
Individual niche specialization (INS) is increasingly recognized as an important component of ecological and evolutionary dynamics. However, most studies that have investigated INS have focused on the effects of niche width and inter- and intraspecific competition on INS in small-bodied species for short time periods, with less attention paid to INS in large-bodied reptilian predators and the effects of available...
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