Resource preferences and the emergence of individual niche specialization within populations
Daniel Sol1,2*, Oriol Lapiedra1*, Cesar González-Lagos3,4* & Miquel de Cáceres1,5
1CREAF, Centre for Ecological Research and Applied Forestries, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia 08193, Spain
2CSIC, Spanish National Research Council, CREAF-UAB, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia 08193, Spain
3Centro de Investigación en Recursos Naturales y Sustentabilidad (CIRENYS), Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins, Santiago, Chile
4Centre of Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES)
5Joint Research Unit CTFC-AGROTECNIO, E25280 Solsona, Catalonia, Spain
*Shared first-author
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Name and complete mailing address of the person to whom correspondence should be sent: Daniel Sol, CREAF-CSIC, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia E-08193, Spain. TEL: +34 93-5814678. E-MAIL: d.sol@creaf.uab.cat
Author contributions: DS, OL and CGL conceived and designed the study; OL and CGL collected data; DS, OL and MD conducted the analyses; MD developed a new framework to measure niche breadth; DS wrote the manuscript and all authors edited and approved it.
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