Species coexistence, intransitivity, and topological variation in competitive tournaments

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-95

  Laird, Robert A ^a   Schamp, Brandon S ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecological modeling; Graph theory; Non transitivity; Rock paper scissors

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; TOPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; ECOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 56949103962     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.09.017     Document Type: Article

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