The roles of sex, mass and individual specialisation in partitioning foraging-depth niches of a pursuit-diving predator.

The roles of sex, mass and individual specialisation in partitioning foraging-depth niches of a pursuit-diving predator.

Intra-specific foraging niche partitioning can arise due to gender differences or individual specialisation in behaviour or prey selection. These may in turn be related to sexual size dimorphism or individual variation in body size through allometry. These variables are often inter-related and chall...

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Main Authors: Norman Ratcliffe, Akinori Takahashi, Claire O'Sullivan, Stacey Adlard, Philip N Trathan, Michael P Harris, Sarah Wanless
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3804524?pdf=render

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