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ontogenetic niche shift: a standalone construct

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Ecology

a change in an animal's diet or habitat as it grows, so that size classes of one species occupy different niches.

In ecology, ontogenetic niche shift refers to a change in an animal's diet or habitat as it grows, so that size classes of one species occupy different niches. This meaning comes from Werner (1984) in Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics.[1]

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References

Werner, E. E., & Gilliam, J. F. (1984). The Ontogenetic Niche and Species Interactions in Size-Structured Populations. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 15(1), 393-425. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.es.15.110184.002141

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