Intraspecific variability drives diversity in food webs
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National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California, 735 State St., Suite 300, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, USA. Center for Ecology, Evolution and Biogeochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Seestrasse 79, Kastanienbaum CH-6047, Switzerland. Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucı́a (CSIC), Apdo. Oficial, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain. IFAPA, Centro El Toruño, Camino Tiro de Pichón s/n, 11500 El Puerto de Santa Marı́a, Cádiz, Spain. Instituto Español de Oceanografı́a, Centro Oceanográfico de Cádiz, Apdo. 2609, 11006 Cádiz, Spain. Microsoft Research Ltd., 7J.J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FB, UK.
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