A general model of local competition for space

Ecology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 176-188

  Crowley, Philip H ^a   Davis, Heather M ^a,b   Ensminger, Amanda L ^a   Fuselier, Linda C ^a,c   Jackson, J Kasi ^a,d   McLetchie, D Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MOORHEAD   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive exclusion; Expansion competition; Life history strategies; Lottery competition; Metapopulations; Overgrowth competition; Stable coexistence; Volterra competition

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COMPETITIVE DISPLACEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LIFE HISTORY;

EID: 13544273402     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00709.x     Document Type: Article

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