Abstract:items that comprising the diet of each species and using the similarity index of BrayCurtis, eight trophic groups were identified, five of carnivorous species, two of omnivorous and one of herbivorous. It is proposed that the main factors related to the formation of these trophic groups are the species convergence in the use of abundant food resources and variation in primary prey depending on the size of the predator, differences in microhabitat and trophic specialization of the species. The results of the ca… Show more
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