Defining plant ecological specialists and generalists: Building a framework for identification and classification

Abstract Specialization is a widespread but highly ambiguous and context‐dependent ecological concept. This quality makes comparisons across related studies difficult and makes associated terms such as “specialist” and “generalist” scientifically obscure. Here, we present a metric‐based framework to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alex Kirsch, Matthew A. Kaproth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-11-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9527