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Measuring individuality in habitat use across complex landscapes: approaches, constraints, and implications for assessing resource specialization.
Oecologia - 1 May 2015
Fodrie F Joel, Yeager Lauren A, Grabowski Jonathan H, Layman Craig A, Sherwood Graham D, Kenworthy Matthew D
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Many mobile marine species are presumed to utilize a broad spectrum of habitats, but this seemingly generalist life history may arise from conspecifics specializing on distinct habitat alternatives to exploit foraging, resting/refuge, or reproductive opportunities. We acoustically tagged 34 red drum, and mapped sand, seagrass, marsh, or oyster (across discrete landscape contexts) use by each uniquely coded...
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