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AQUATIC ECOLOGY
卷 44, 期 2, 页码 325-336出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-009-9243-x
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River ecology; Diet; Interspecific competition; Niche theory; Salmo salar; Cottus poecilopus
We scrutinised the seasonal food-niche utilisation of river dwelling Atlantic salmon parr and alpine bullhead in order to examine potential mechanisms that may facilitate coexistence of species with similar niches. Fish were sampled monthly during the ice-free season, and diet composition and feeding strategy of the two species were compared by analyses of stomach contents. The dietary niches and feeding strategy of salmon parr and bullheads were highly similar both at the individual and population levels, with high within-phenotype contributions to niche width and pronounced generalisation observed during time periods with severe resource limitations. Our findings suggest that competitive coexistence with similar niches may be facilitated by a generalisation of niche width as predicted by optimal foraging theory, rather than the specialised niche width predicted by classic niche theory as a response to interspecific competition. Competitive coexistence may be particularly widespread in spatially and temporally dynamic habitats such as northern lotic systems, which thus may select for generalisation and convergence of ecological niches.
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