Fusing spatial resource heterogeneity with a competition-colonization trade-off in model communities

Theoretical Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 65-75

  Gross, Kevin ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Dispersal; Resource competition; Spatial dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; COLONIZATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); MODELING; RESOURCE USE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 44449151255     PISSN: 18741738     EISSN: 18741746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12080-007-0005-x     Document Type: Article

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