Mechanisms of maintenance of species diversity

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 31, Issue , 2000, Pages 343-366

  Chesson, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Competition; Niche; Predation; Spatial and temporal variation

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0034503114     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.31.1.343     Document Type: Article

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