Polarization of competition increases with latitude

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1504, 2002, Pages 2061-2069

  Barnes, David K A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Hierarchies; Interference competition; Transitivity

Indexed keywords

CLONAL ORGANISM; COLONIAL ORGANISM; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; POLARIZATION;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRYOZOA; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LATITUDE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BRYOZOA;

EID: 41049088819     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2105     Document Type: Article

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