Relating niche and spatial overlap at the community level

Oikos

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 366-376

  Hofer, Ulrich ^a   Bersier, Louis Félix ^b,c   Borcard, Daniel ^d  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIRD; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE OVERLAP; TESTING METHOD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; AVES; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 4043074288     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12786.x     Document Type: Article

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