Interacting coexistence mechanisms in annual plant communities: Frequency-dependent predation and the storage effect

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-70

  Kuang, Jessica J ^a   Chesson, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual plant community; Apparent competition; Foraging behavior; Foraging constraints; Frequency dependent predation; Resource competition; Seed predator; Species coexistence; Storage effect; Switching

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL PLANT; COEXISTENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SEED PREDATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DESERT CLIMATE; GENETICS; HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PLANT; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DESERT CLIMATE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEEDS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 72549110268     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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