Environmental variation, stochastic extinction, and competitive coexistence

American Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Adler, Peter B ^a   Drake, John M ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Competition; Demographic stochasticity; Plant communities; Population dynamics; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EXTINCTION RISK; PERSISTENCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICS; TIME;

ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 54349090627     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591678     Document Type: Article

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