Effects of predation pressure on species packing on a resource gradient: insights from nonlinear dynamics

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 395-408

  Vandermeer, John ^a   Liere, Heidi ^a   Lin, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaos; Competition; Heteroclinic cycles; Limiting similarity; Predation

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EXTINCTION; LOTKA-VOLTERRA MODEL; PREDATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33646131185     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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