Functional versatility supports coral reef biodiversity

Date

2006

Authors

Bellwood, David
Wainwright, P.C.
Fulton, Christopher
Hoey, A.S.

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Royal Society of London

Abstract

We explore the role of specialization in supporting species coexistence in high-diversity ecosystems. Using a novel ordination-based method to quantify specialist and generalist feeding structures and diets we examined the relationship between morphology

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Keywords: biodiversity; coexistence; coral reef; functional morphology; generalist; perciform; specialist; specialization; article; biodiversity; coral reef; diet; ecological specialization; ecosystem; environmental protection; feeding ecology; fish; medical specia Coral reef fishes; Functional morphology; Generalist; Specialist; Trophic ecology

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences

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Journal article

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