Disentangling resource and apparent competition: Realistic models for plant-herbivore communities

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 353-376

  Grover, James P ^a   Holt, Robert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPARENT COMPETITION; FOOD WEB; MODELLING; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RESOURCE COMPETITION;

ALGA; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; DAPHNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH RATE; HOST RESISTANCE; MODEL; NUTRIENT; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGAE; DAPHNIA;

EID: 0032554668     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0562     Document Type: Article

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