Limits to the similarity of competitors under hierarchical lottery competition

American Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 211-219

  Abrams, Peter A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION MODEL; LIMITING SIMILARITY; LOTTERY COMPETITION;

EID: 0030497332     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285920     Document Type: Article

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