Observed fitness may affect niche overlap in competing species via selective social information use

American Naturalist

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 474-483

  Loukola, Olli J ^a   Seppänen, Janne Tuomas ^b   Krams, Indrikis ^c,d   Torvinen, Satu S ^a   Forsman, Jukka T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c DAUGAVPILS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Character displacement; Functional diversity; Interspecific competition; Social information use; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; CLUTCH SIZE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCE; FITNESS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NEST SITE; NICHE OVERLAP; PASSERINE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FINLAND; LATVIA; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FINLAND; LATVIA; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84883749910     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/671815     Document Type: Article

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