Apparent competition or apparent mutualism? Shared predation when populations cycle

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 201-212

  Abrams, Peter A ^a   Holt, Robert D ^b   Roth, James D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent competition; Apparent mutualism; Environmental variation; Indirect effects; Limit cycles; Shared predation

Indexed keywords

CYCLICITY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; POPULATION MODELING; PREDATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031658534     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0201:ACOAMS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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