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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Main Authors: G. Ward‐Fear, R. Shine, G. P. Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-10-01
Series:Ecosphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3136