Community structure and the interplay between interspecific infection and competition

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-109

  Bowers, Roger G ^a   Turner, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PATHOGEN;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMPETITION; ECOSYSTEM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES;

EID: 0031558229     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0418     Document Type: Article

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