Within‐population variation in dietary traits: implications for vulnerability and impact of imperiled keystone predators
Abstract Within a population of apex predators, differences among individuals can influence both their ecological impact and their vulnerability to threatening processes. Our field studies on a large monitor lizard (Varanus panoptes) in the Australian wet–dry tropics show that diets shift seasonally...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2020-10-01
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Series: | Ecosphere |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3136 |