Does interspecific territoriality reflect the intensity of ecological interactions? a theoretical model for interspecific territoriality

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 765-775

  Mikami, Osamu K ^a,b   Kawata, Masakado ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecological interaction; Foraging theory; Interspecific competition; Interspecific territoriality; Optimal behaviour; Species co existence; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142605211     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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