Data from: Latitudinal variation in ecological opportunity and intraspecific competition indicates differences in niche variability and diet specialization of Arctic marine predators ...

• Main Authors: Yurkowski, David J., Ferguson, Steve, Choy, Emily S., Loseto, Lisa L., Brown, Tanya M., Muir, Derek C. G., Semeniuk, Christina A. D., Fisk, Aaron T.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2017
• Subjects: Beluga whales; 1986-2012; Delphinapterus leucas; Arctic; Chesterfield Inlet; Hendrickson Island; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; Pangnirtung; Paulatuk; Saglek Bay; Ulukhaktok; Arviat; Beluga; Beluga*; inuit; Pusa hispida; ringed seal
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.4j8j2; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.4j8j2

Individual specialization (IS), where individuals within populations irrespective of age, sex, and body size are either specialized or generalized in terms of resource use, has implications on ecological niches and food web structure. Niche size and degree of IS of near-top trophic-level marine pred...