Competitive exclusion and limiting similarity: A unified theory

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-87

  Meszéna, Géza ^a   Gyllenberg, Mats ^b   Pásztor, Liz ^a   Metz, Johan A J ^c,d  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Competitive exclusion; Limiting similarity; Niche; Population regulation

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; NICHE; POPULATION ECOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 29144437055     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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