Running from trouble: Long-distance dispersal and the competitive coexistence of inferior species

American Naturalist

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 578-586

  Holmes, E E ^a   Wilson, H B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Coexistence; Competition; Dispersal; Spatial models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031750812     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286143     Document Type: Article

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