Allee effect, spatial structure and species coexistence

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 413-424

  Ferdy, Jean Baptiste ^a,b   Molofsky, Jane ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; COEXISTENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMPETITION; MIGRATION; MODEL; ORGANISM COLONY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SPECIES TRANSLOCATION; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0036401628     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2002.3051     Document Type: Article

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