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1. 1. Fundamental and realized niches of two chrysomelid competitors on two Salix host species

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

   Author : Sharmin Kawshar; [2015]
   Keywords : fundamental niche; realized niche; Galerucella lineola; Phratora vulgatissima; Salix viminalis; Salix dasyclados; interspecific competition; egg-laying preference; coexistence;

   Abstract : The fundamental and realized niches of phytophagous insects constitute an important topic in contemporary ecology. Hutchinson (1965) formulized the concept of the fundamental and realized niche with regards to species responses to interspecific competition; and for the herbivore insects’ community the consequence of interspecific competition is a debatable and questionable from the very beginning to till now. READ MORE