Competition along a spatial gradient of resource supply: A microbial experimental model

American Naturalist

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 300-315

  Codeco C T ^a   Grover, J P ^a  

^a Programa de Comp Científica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gradostat; Microbial ecology; Resource competition; Source sink dynamics; Spatial heterogeneity; Spatial model

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BACTERIUM; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROCOSM; PHOSPHORUS;

EID: 0035091212     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/319195     Document Type: Article

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