Theoretical predictions strongly support decision accuracy as a major driver of ecological specialization.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on March 23, 2009

Authors

Colin R Tosh1, Jens Krause, Graeme D Ruxton

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Integrative and Comparative Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom. c.r.tosh@leeds.ac.uk

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