Trade-offs, food web structure, and the coexistence of habitat specialists and generalists

American Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Mcpeek, Mark A ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; FOOD WEB; HABITAT USE; NICHE; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 0030303564     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285906     Document Type: Conference Paper

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