Surprising competitive coexistence in a classic model system

Community Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-154

  Fox, J W ^a,b   Barreto, C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Interference competition; Microcosms; Protists; Resource competition; Resource partitioning; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CILIATE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAZING; MICROCOSM; NICHE PARTITIONING; PROTIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; PROTISTA;

EID: 34249806648     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.7.2006.2.2     Document Type: Article

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