The ecological causes of individual specialisation

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 948–958 Many generalist populations are composed of specialised individuals, whose niches are small subsets of the population niche. This ‘individual specialisation’ is a widespread phenomenon in natural populations, but until recently few studies quantified the magnitude...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Ecology letters 2011-09, Vol.14 (9), p.948-958
Hauptverfasser:	Araújo, Márcio S., Bolnick, Daniel I., Layman, Craig A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adaptation, Physiological Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Animals Biological and medical sciences Biological Evolution Competition ecological opportunity Ecology ecology of individuals Ecosystem Feeding Behavior - physiology food webs Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects Genetic Variation Models, Biological niche variation hypothesis optimal foraging theory Population biology predator-prey interactions Species Specificity stable isotopes
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