Similarity and local co-existence of species in regional biotas

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-110

  Leibold, Mathew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent competition; Character displacement; Co existence; Keystone predator; Limiting similarity; Regional biotas; Resource competition

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SIMILARITY;

EID: 0031886360     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006511124428     Document Type: Article

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