Effects of asymmetric dispersal on the coexistence of competing species

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 432-441

  Salomon, Yacov ^a   Connolly, Sean R ^a   Bode, Lance ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Coexistence mechanism; Connectivity matrix; Dispersal networks; Self recruitment; Species competition

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PROTECTED AREA; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77951746676     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01436.x     Document Type: Article

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