Evidence for large-scale effects of competition: Niche displacement in canada lynx and bobcat

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1773, 2013, Pages

  Peers, Michael J L ^a   Thornton, Daniel H ^a,b,c   Murray, Dennis L ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PANTHERA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bobcat; Canada lynx; Character displacement; Competition; Niche displacement; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; DIVERGENCE; FELID; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE; SYMPATRY;

LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS; LYNX RUFUS;

EID: 84887003759     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2495     Document Type: Article

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