Network analysis reveals contrasting effects of intraspecific competition on individual vs. population diets

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1981-1993

  Araújo, Márcio S ^a   Guimarães Jr , Paulo R ^a,b   Svanbäck, Richard ^c   Pinheiro, Aluisio ^a   Guuimarães, Paulo ^d   Dos Reis, Sérgio F ^a   Bolnick, Daniel I ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Galleria Office   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustering; Complex networks; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Individual specialization; Intraspecific competition; Niche variation; Optimal foraging theory; Resource polymorphism; Threespine stickleback

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DIET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE BREADTH; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPECIALIZATION; TELEOST;

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; HISTOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SMEGMAMORPHA;

EID: 46349095280     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0630.1     Document Type: Article

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