The consequences of genetic diversity in competitive communities

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 304-311

  Vellend, Mark ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition; Genetic diversity; Selection; Spatial ecology; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GENETIC VARIATION; NATURAL SELECTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ECOLOGY; GENOTYPE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33644842179     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-0173     Document Type: Article

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