Jack-of-all-trades paradigm meets long-term data: Generalist herbivores are more widespread and locally less abundant.
Sudta C, Salcido DM, Forister ML, Walla TR, Villamarín-Cortez S, Dyer LA.
Sudta C, et al.
Ecol Lett. 2022 Apr;25(4):948-957. doi: 10.1111/ele.13972. Epub 2022 Feb 2.
Ecol Lett. 2022.
PMID: 35106892
We find that more specialized caterpillars are locally more abundant than generalists, consistent with a key component of the 'jack of all trades, master of none' hypothesis. As the diet breadth of species increased, generalists were not as abundant in any one location, bu …
We find that more specialized caterpillars are locally more abundant than generalists, consistent with a key component of the 'jack o …