Ontogenetic diet shifts: an additional mechanism for successful invasion of a piranha species in a Neotropical floodplain
Abstract Ontogenetic shifts in food preference reduces intraspecific competition as immature individuals eat different food types than adults. This diet plasticity could facilitate species’ ability to successfully invade and establish itself in a new environment, even when co-occurring with phylogen...
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Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Ciências
2021-09-01
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Series: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652021000701007&tlng=en |