Shell resource partitioning as a mechanism of coexistence in two co-occurring terrestrial hermit crab species
Abstract Background Coexistence is enabled by ecological differentiation of the co-occurring species. One possible mechanism thereby is resource partitioning, where each species utilizes a distinct subset of the most limited resource. This resource partitioning is difficult to investigate using empi...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-01-01
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| Series: | BMC Ecology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12898-019-0268-2 |