Local dispersal can facilitate coexistence in the presence of permanent spatial heterogeneity

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 301-309

  Snyder, Robin E ^a   Chesson, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Dispersal; Spatial ecology; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DISPERSAL; HETEROGENEITY;

EID: 0037398091     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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