The effects of immigration and environmental variability on the persistence of an inferior competitor

Ecology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 574-585

  Long, Zachary T ^a,b   Petchey, Owen L ^c   Holt, Robert D ^d  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Autocorrelated variability; Coexistence; Colpidium striatum; Competition; Environmental colour; Immigration; Inflationary effect; Metacommunity; Temporal variability; Tetrahymena thermophila

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMIGRATION; PROTOZOAN; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROTOZOON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROTOZOA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

COLPIDIUM STRIATUM; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 34249789897     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01049.x     Document Type: Article

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