Range size positively correlates with temperature and precipitation niche breadths but not with dietary niche breadth in triatomine insects, vectors of Chagas disease.

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Fernanda S Caron (Συγγραφέας), Daniel Rivadeneira (Συγγραφέας), Jorge Rabinovich (Συγγραφέας), Marcio R Pie (Συγγραφέας), Juliano Morimoto (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Έκδοση: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Θέματα: article
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Ecological theory predicts that species that can utilise a greater diversity of resources and, therefore, have wider niche breadths should also occupy larger geographic areas (the 'niche breadth-range size hypothesis'). Here, we tested this hypothesis for a blood-sucking group of insects o...