Timescales alter the inferred strength and temporal consistency of intraspecific diet specialization

Oecologia

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 61-74

  Novak, Mark ^a   Tinker, M Tim ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual variation; Predation; Prey switching; Seasonal prey selection; Time averaging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OTTER; PHENOTYPE; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OTTERS; PHENOTYPE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84939933932     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3213-2     Document Type: Article

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