Estimating competition coefficients: Strong competition among three species of frugivorous flies

Oecologia

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 588-594

  Inouye, Brian D ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apeiba membranacea; Frugivorous insects; Interspecific competition; Response surface experimental design

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ESTIMATION METHOD;

EID: 0032822864     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050894     Document Type: Article

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