Can ancestry and morphology be used as surrogates for species niche relationships?
Abstract Species interactions are difficult to quantify, and, consequently, many studies have used species traits and phylogeny as proxies under an assumption of niche conservatism (i.e., closely related and morphologically similar species should have similar niches). However, few studies have inves...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2020-07-01
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| Series: | Ecology and Evolution |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6390 |