Mutualism can mediate competition and promote coexistence

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 898-902

  Schmitt, Russell J ^a   Holbrook, Sally J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemonefish; Coexistence; Competition; Damselfish; Diversity; Indirect effects; Mutualism; Sea anemones

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MUTUALISM;

ACTINIARIA; AMPHIPRION; ANEMONE; CHROMIS CHROMIS; DASCYLLUS; PISCES;

EID: 0141706940     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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