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Diel niche variation in mammals associated with expanded trait space.

Nature communications - 19 Mar 2021

Cox D T C, Gardner A S, Gaston K J

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Mammalian life shows huge diversity, but most groups remain nocturnal in their activity pattern. A key unresolved question is whether mammal species that have diversified into different diel niches occupy unique regions of functional trait space. For 5,104 extant mammals we show here that daytime-active species (cathemeral or diurnal) evolved trait combinations along different gradients from those of nocturnal...

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PMID: 33741946
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22023-4
PMCID: PMC7979707

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