Changes in community size affect the outcome of competition

American Naturalist

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-111

  Orrock, John L ^a   Fletcher Jr , Robert J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community composition; Fragmentation; Invasion; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICS;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 21244449176     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430641     Document Type: Article

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