The maximum power principle predicts the outcomes of two-species competition experiments

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1329-1336

  DeLong, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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COEXISTENCE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; HETEROTROPHY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; METABOLISM; MICROCOSM; PROTIST;

PROTISTA;

EID: 49649085067     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16832.x     Document Type: Article

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