Vesterinen, Eero
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- University of Turku
Research article2020Peer reviewedOpen access
Vesterinen, Eero J.; Kaunisto, Kari M.; Lilley, Thomas M.
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.
Scientific Reports
2020, Volume: 10, number: 1, article number: 16595
Publisher: NATURE RESEARCH
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Ecology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73609-9
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/108419