Evaluating condition-specific and asymmetric competition in a species-distribution context

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1175-1184

  Twomey, Evan ^a   Morales, Victor ^b   Summers, Kyle ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD RICARDO PALMA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FROG; GROWTH RATE; LARVA; PARAPATRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL; UPLAND REGION;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANURA; DENDROBATIDAE;

EID: 49249137571     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16676.x     Document Type: Article

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