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ArticleBiology letters2023

Feeding morphology and body size shape resource partitioning in an eared seal community.

Ana M Valenzuela-Toro, Rita Mehta, Nicholas D Pyenson, Daniel P Costa, Paul L Koch

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Article in Biology letters, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ana M Valenzuela-ToroDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1497-364X
Rita MehtaDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8467-1615
Nicholas D PyensonDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4678-5782
Daniel P CostaDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0233-5782
Paul L KochDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5248-1529
University of California, Santa Cruz · USSmithsonian Institution · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Body size and feeding morphology influence how animals partition themselves within communities. We tested the relationships among sex, body size, skull morphology and foraging in sympatric otariids (eared seals) from the eastern North Pacific Ocean, the most diverse otariid community in the world. We recorded skull measurements and stable carbon (

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Fur SealsSea LionsAnimalsBody SizeFemaleHeadMaleSkullbody sizecommunity structureforaging ecologyfunctional morphologymarine mammalsniche partitioning

Identifiers

PMID36883314
PMCPMC9993223
OpenAlexW4323533499

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