Species diversity in a mycophagous insect community: The case of spatial aggregation vs. resource partitioning

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 335-351

  Wertheim, Bregje ^a,b   Sevenster, Jan G ^a   Eijs, Irene E M ^a   Van Alphen, Jacques J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggregation model of co existence; Competition; Drosophila; Saturation; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INSECT; LIMITING FACTOR; MYCOPHAGY; NICHE PARTITIONING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NETHERLANDS;

DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0034093480     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2000.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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