Spatial ecological hierarchies: Coexistence on heterogeneous landscapes via scale niche diversification

Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1009-1016

  Szabó, Péter ^a   Meszéna, Géza ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Body size; Competition; Niche; Perceptive scale; Scaling; Textural discontinuity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNITY; BODY SIZE; COEXISTENCE; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NICHE PARTITIONING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33750243461     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-005-0101-y     Document Type: Article

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