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Individual-level niche specialization within populations: emerging areas of study

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  1. Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, 127 David Clark Labs, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7617, USA

    Craig A. Layman

  2. Biology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA

    Seth D. Newsome

  3. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA

    Tara Gancos Crawford

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Layman, C.A., Newsome, S.D. & Gancos Crawford, T. Individual-level niche specialization within populations: emerging areas of study. Oecologia 178, 1–4 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-014-3209-y

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