When the exception becomes the rule: The disappearance of limiting similarity in the Lotka-Volterra model

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-94

  Barabás, György ^a   Meszéna, Géza ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Competitive exclusion; Continuous coexistence; Niche width

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; NICHE; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION; PHENOTYPE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 63549104333     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.12.033     Document Type: Article

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