Interspecific interference competition alters habitat use patterns in two species of land snails

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 815-825

  Kimura, Kazuki ^a   Chiba, Satoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric competition; Coexistence; Direct aggression; Gastropoda; Habitat separation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; CALCIUM; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIET; DIVERGENCE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; JUVENILE; LABORATORY METHOD; MUTUALISM; SNAIL; SYMPATRY;

EUHADRA QUAESITA; GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 77953869655     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-009-9339-8     Document Type: Article

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