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:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08263-9