ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2018
Habitat choice meets thermal specialization: Competition with specialists may drive suboptimal habitat preferences in generalists.
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Abstract
Limited dispersal is classically considered as a prerequisite for ecological specialization to evolve, such that generalists are expected to show greater dispersal propensity compared with specialists. However, when individuals choose habitats that maximize their performance instead of dispersing randomly, theory predicts dispersal with habitat choice to evolve in specialists, while generalists should disperse more randomly. We tested whether habitat choice is associated with thermal niche specialization using microcosms of the ciliate
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