Does competition between resources change the competition between their consumers to mutualism? Variations on two themes by vandermeer

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 744-757

  Abrams, Peter A ^a   Nakajima, Mifuyu ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Consumer resource model; Interaction strength; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MORTALITY; MUTUALISM; POPULATION SIZE; RESOURCE USE; SPECIALIST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 35348875347     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522056     Document Type: Article

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