Advantageous indirect interactions in systems of competition

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 228, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 367-375

  Roberts, Alan ^a   Stone, Lewi ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Competition; Ecological community; Ecological models; Foodweb; Indirect interactions; Lotka Volterra equations

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD WEB; LOTKA-VOLTERRA MODEL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PREDICTION; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 2342484390     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.01.013     Document Type: Article

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