Diversity and Stability in Communities Structured by Asymmetric Resource Allocation

American Naturalist

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 514-527

  DeWoody, Yssa D ^a   Swihart, Robert K ^a   Craig, Bruce A ^b   Goheen, Jacob R ^a,c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Broken stick model; Community; Competition; Dirichlet; Stability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FOOD CHAIN; NOTE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

BIODIVERSITY; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0242456735     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378049     Document Type: Note

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