Changes in individual allometry can lead to species coexistence without niche separation

Ecosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 789-801

  Rastetter, Edward B ^a   Ågren, Göran I ^b  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Competition; Competitive exclusion; Niche separation; R*; R star; Resource limitation; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); NICHE PARTITIONING;

EID: 0036980431     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-002-0188-3     Document Type: Article

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