Living with a killer: How an unlikely mantis shrimp-clam association violates a biological principle

Living with a killer: How an unlikely mantis shrimp-clam association violates a biological principle

When clams gamble on living with a killer, sometimes their luck may run out, according to a University of Michigan study. A longstanding question in ecology asks how can so many different species co-occur, or live together, at the same time and at the same place. One influential theory called the competitive exclusion principle suggests … Read more