Testing a simple rule for dominance in resource competition

American Naturalist

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 305-319

  Fox, Jeremy W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microcosms; Productivity gradients; Protists; Resource competition

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; MICROCOSM; PROTIST; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

EID: 0036183735     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338543     Document Type: Article

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