Interspecific interactions in phytophagous insects revisited: A quantitative assessment of competition theory

Ecology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 977-994

  Kaplan, Ian ^a   Denno, Robert F ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Community diversity; Competitive exclusion; Density dependence; Feeding guild; Interspecific competition; Intraspecific competition; Meta analysis; Niche; Population regulation; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; INSECT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; META-ANALYSIS; NICHE OVERLAP; PARADIGM SHIFT; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DENSITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; META ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34548527105     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01093.x     Document Type: Review

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