Niche partitioning and niche filtering jointly mediate the coexistence of three closely related spider species (Araneae, Philodromidae)

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Authors	MICHALKO Radek PEKÁR Stanislav
Year of publication	2015
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Ecological Entomology
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Web	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/een.12149/pdf
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/een.12149
Field	Ecology
Keywords	Competition; habitat preference; natural diet; niche; phenology; Philodromus; species co-occurrence
Description	Several mechanisms can mediate the coexistence of species, such as the neutral dynamic, niche filtering and niche partitioning. The present study investigated which of these mechanisms mediate the coexistence of closely related spider species at the scale of one locality.
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