Founder control and coexistence in a simple model of asymmetric competition for light

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 425-436

  Perry, Laura G ^a,b   Neuhauser, Claudia ^a   Galatowitsch, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b 100 Ecology Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arrested succession; Competitive exclusion; Minimum resource requirements; Size asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LIGHT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SIZE EFFECT; SUCCESSION;

ARTICLE; CANOPY; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; FOUNDER EFFECT; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PLANT; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PLANT SHADING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0038440453     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00055-9     Document Type: Article

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