Shadows of predation: Habitat-selecting consumers eclipse competition between coexisting prey

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 393-422

  Morris, Douglas W ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Competition; Density dependence; Dispersal; Habitat selection; Host parasitoid interactions; Isodar; Population dynamics; Predation; Sources and sinks; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT SELECTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

EID: 0345015451     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027304601301     Document Type: Conference Paper

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