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Mechanisms for consumer diversity (Reply)

2006, Nature

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The mechanisms maintaining consumer diversity are scrutinized, particularly regarding their challenging nature when involving life-history traits that resist manipulation. The authors reject proposed mechanisms and offer alternative dynamics that suggest a structured population can significantly influence natural selection through a possibly generalizing mechanism. Experimental and theoretical results indicate intricate relationships between algal community composition, genotype selection, and evolutionary dynamics within structured cycles.