Do Herbivores Partition Niches by Food?

A small Sorenson’s index value indicates that the diets of two animals are sufficiently distinct that the animals may be partitioning niches by food. While there are no strict cutoffs, for this study you can consider values below 0.5 to be small.

Based on the data you collected, would you conclude that these four herbivores in Mpala are partitioning niches by the plants they eat?

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