Shell resource partitioning as a mechanism of coexistence in two co-occurring terrestrial hermit crab species

Coexistence is enabled by ecological differentiation of the co-occurring species. One possible mechanism thereby is resource partitioning, where each species utilizes a distinct subset of the most limited reso...

Source: BMC Ecology - January 16, 2020 Category: Biology Authors: Sebastian Steibl and Christian Laforsch Tags: Research article Source Type: research