Evaluating support for the resource-ratio hypothesis: A reply to Wilson et al.

American Naturalist

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 707-708

  Miller, T E ^a   Burns, J H ^a   Munguia, P ^a,g   Walters, E L ^b   Kneitel, J M ^c   Richards, P M ^d   Mouquet, N ^e   Buckley, H L ^f  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^e INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^f LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^g SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Consumer resource theory; Literature survey; R*; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; NOTE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

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

EID: 34247518663     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513110     Document Type: Note

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