Complementary foraging behaviors allow coexistence of two consumers

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2358-2372

  Wilson, W G ^a   Osenberg, C W ^b   Schmitt, R J ^c   Nisbet, R M ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exploitation competition; Foraging behavior; Foraging model; Gastropods; Herbivore coexistence; Marine snails; Microalgae; Resource structure; Tegula spp

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR;

ALGAE; GASTROPODA; TEGULA; TEGULA AUREOTINCTA; TEGULA EISINI;

EID: 0032827003     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2358:CFBACO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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