Intraspecific variation and species coexistence

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 807-818

  Lichstein, Jeremy W ^a   Dushoff, Jonathan ^a   Levin, Simon A ^a   Pacala, Stephen W ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Competition; Drift; Individual variation; Neutral theory; Trade off

Indexed keywords

PLANT LECTIN;

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICS;

ANTICIPATION, GENETIC; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LECTINS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 36749074522     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522937     Document Type: Article

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