The prerequisites for and likelihood of generalist-specialist coexistence

American Naturalist

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 329-342

  Abrams, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Competition; Environmental variation; Generalist; Nonlinearity; Specialist

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; GENERALIST; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPECIALIST;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 33645523633     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499382     Document Type: Article

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