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dc.contributor.authorSoberón, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorArroyo-Peña, B.
dc.contributor.editorRebelo, Hugo
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-13T20:26:53Z
dc.date.available2018-11-13T20:26:53Z
dc.date.issued2017-04-12
dc.identifier.citationSoberón J, Arroyo-Peña B (2017) Are fundamental niches larger than the realized? Testing a 50-year-old prediction by Hutchinson. PLoS ONE 12(4): e0175138. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175138en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/27325
dc.description.abstractFor more than 50 years ecological niches have been defined as combinations of multidimensional environmental conditions permitting a species to survive and reproduce. A fundamental niche (NF) is defined as the set of conditions within which a species can live in the absence of competitors, and a realized niche (NR) is a NF hypothetically reduced by competitive interactions (and some other limiting factors). This definition implies that NF is “larger” than NR, something that has been nearly universally accepted by ecologists. However, there have been few attempts at empirical tests. Here, we present a novel quantitative test using one-dimensional estimates of NF for 105 species of reptiles and amphibians, and estimates of NR obtained from ~1.4 x 104 field observations. To specify our test, we operationalize the original classification of niche types. Our results predominantly support the hypothesis that NF ‘is larger’ than NR and we highlight the theoretical and practical importance of quantifying niches.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipARBOR 1208472en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipBIOTAPHY 145864en_US
dc.description.sponsorship215842en_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dc.rights© 2017 Soberón, Arroyo-Peña. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.titleAre fundamental niches larger than the realized? Testing a 50-year-old prediction by Hutchinsonen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
kusw.kuauthorSoberón, Jorge
kusw.kudepartmentEcology and Evolutionary Biologyen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0175138en_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2160-4148en_US
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher versionen_US
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© 2017 Soberón, Arroyo-Peña. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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