Transient dynamics limit the effectiveness of keystone predation in bringing about coexistence

American Naturalist

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 322-335

  Noonburg, Erik G ^a,b   Abrams, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apparent competition; Coexistence; Competition; Diamond food web; Mathematical model; Transient dynamics

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FOOD WEB; PREDATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 15944369337     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428068     Document Type: Article

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