Patterns of species interaction strength in assembled theoretical competition communities

Ecology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 70-74

  Kokkoris, Giorgos D ^a,b   Troumbis, Andreas Y ^a   Lawton, John H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Community matrix; Competition; Conservation; Interaction strength; Lotka Volterra model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032967953     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1999.22058.x     Document Type: Article

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