Ecological speciation in a generalist consumer expands the trophic niche of a dominant predator

Abstract Ecological speciation – whereby an ancestral founder species diversifies to fill vacant niches – is a phenomenon characteristic of newly formed ecosystems. Despite such ubiquity, ecosystem-level effects of such divergence remain poorly understood. Here, we compared the trophic niche of Euro...

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Main Authors: Stephen M. Thomas, Chris Harrod, Brian Hayden, Tommi Malinen, Kimmo K. Kahilainen
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/756ae4cb7b304243a49e121547f83861
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