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Trait-mediated competition drives an ant invasion and alters functional diversity.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 29 Jun 2022
Wong Mark K L, Lee Roger H, Leong Chi-Man, Lewis Owen T, Guénard Benoit
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The assumption that differences in species' traits reflect their different niches has long influenced how ecologists infer processes from assemblage patterns. For instance, many assess the importance of environmental filtering versus classical limiting-similarity competition in driving biological invasions by examining whether invaders' traits are similar or dissimilar to those of residents, respectively....
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