Hutchinson revisited: Patterns of density regulation and the coexistence of strong competitors

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-117

  Münkemüller, Tamara ^a,b   Bugmann, Harald ^b   Johst, Karin ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complex dynamics; Lotka Volterra; Over compensation; Relative nonlinearity; Under compensation

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPENSATION; DENSITY; GROWTH MODELING; NICHE OVERLAP; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PROBABILITY;

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COEXISTENCE;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67349118803     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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