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Dietary morphology of two island-endemic murid rodent clades is consistent with persistent, incumbent-imposed competitive interactions.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 26 Feb 2020
Rowsey Dakota M, Keenan Ryan M, Jansa Sharon A
Abstract excerpt
A lineage colonizing a geographic region with no competitors may exhibit rapid diversification due to greater ecological opportunity. The resultant species diversity of this primary-colonizing (incumbent) clade may limit subsequent lineages' ability to persist unless these non-incumbent lineages are ecologically distinct. We compare the diversity in diet-related mandibular morphology of two sympatric murid rodent...
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