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A generalist species is able to thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions and can make use of a variety of different resources (for example, a heterotroph with a varied diet). A specialist species can thrive only in a narrow range of environmental conditions or has a limited diet.
Animals that have S 1 s that reach the threshold are defined as generalists. In nature, generalists include a wide range of prey items in their diet. [11] An example of a generalist is a mouse, which consumes a large variety of seeds, grains, and nuts. [12] In contrast, predators with relatively short S 1 s are still better off choosing to eat ...
Polyphagy is the habit in an animal species, of eating and tolerating a relatively wide variety of foods, whereas monophagy is the intolerance of every food except for one specific type (see generalist and specialist species).
Nestedness: the degree to which species with few links have a sub-set of the links of other species, rather than a different set of links. In highly nested networks, guilds of species that share an ecological niche contain both generalists (species with many links) and specialists (species with few links, all shared with the generalists). [13]
a physician who provides general health care, as opposed to a medical specialist; see also: General practitioner, a medical doctor who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education to patients; Family medicine, comprehensive health care for people of all ages
1 Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. 1 comment. 2 More broad form of specialization in biology. 1 comment. ... Talk: Generalist and specialist ...
Many species fall somewhere between generalist and specialist on the generalist-specialist range. Such species generally exhibit moderate environmental specialization, being neither pure generalists nor pure specialists, resulting in fluid changes that must be evaluated when categorizing species.
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