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- Title
A global class reunion with multiple groups feasting on the declining insect smorgasbord.
- Authors
Vesterinen, Eero J.; Kaunisto, Kari M.; Lilley, Thomas M.
- Abstract
We report a detection of a surprising similarity in the diet of predators across distant phyla. Though just a first glimpse into the subject, our discovery contradicts traditional aspects of biology, as the earliest notions in ecology have linked the most severe competition of resources with evolutionary relatedness. We argue that our finding deserves more research, and propose a plan to reveal more information on the current biodiversity loss around the world. While doing so, we expand the recently proposed conservation roadmaps into a parallel study of global interaction networks.
- Subjects
BUFFET meals; PREDATORY animals; RARE insects; BIOLOGICAL competition models; BIOLOGICAL evolution
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2020, Vol 10, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41598-020-73609-9