Social information use by competitors: Resolving the enigma of species coexistence in animals?

Abstract The competitive exclusion principle states that species limited by the same factors cannot share the same environment. Challenging this paradigm, empirical studies often report competitors' coexistence in natural communities, which has long puzzled evolutionary ecologists. Theoretical...

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Main Authors: Deseada Parejo, Jesús M. Avilés
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-05-01
Series:Ecosphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1295