Habitat preferences of Phoebetria albatrosses in sympatry and allopatry
Competition is often proposed to drive niche segregation along multiple axes in speciose communities. Understanding spatial partitioning of foraging areas is particu�larly important in species that are constrained to a central place. We present a natural experiment examining variation in habitat pre...
Published in: | Journal of Biogeography |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
2024
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Online Access: | https://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/10222/ https://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/10222/1/Bentley_et_al_JB_2024_albatross.pdf https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14966 |
Summary: | Competition is often proposed to drive niche segregation along multiple axes in speciose communities. Understanding spatial partitioning of foraging areas is particu�larly important in species that are constrained to a central place. We present a natural experiment examining variation in habitat preferences of congeneric Southern Ocean predators in sympatry and allopatry. Our aim was to ascertain consistency of habitat preferences within species, and to test whether preferences changed in the presence of the congener. |
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