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Forbidden fruit: human settlement and abundant fruit create an ecological trap for an apex omnivore

Forbidden fruit: human settlement and abundant fruit create an ecological trap for an apex omnivore

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Forbidden fruit: human settlement and abundant fruit create an ecological trap for an apex omnivore

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Full title

Forbidden fruit: human settlement and abundant fruit create an ecological trap for an apex omnivore

Publisher

England: John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Journal title

The Journal of animal ecology, 2017-01, Vol.86 (1), p.55-65

Language

English

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Publisher

England: John Wiley & Sons Ltd

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Scope and Contents

Contents

1. Habitat choice is an evolutionary product of animals experiencing increased fitness when preferentially occupying high-quality habitat. However, an ecological trap (ET) can occur when an animal is presented with novel conditions and the animal's assessment of habitat quality is poorly matched to its resulting fitness. 2. We tested for an ET for...

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Forbidden fruit: human settlement and abundant fruit create an ecological trap for an apex omnivore

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1855076168

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1855076168

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ISSN

0021-8790

E-ISSN

1365-2656

DOI

10.1111/1365-2656.12589

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