Opposing effects of competitive exclusion on the phylogenetic structure of communities

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1085-1093

  Mayfield, Margaret M ^a   Levine, Jonathan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Community assembly; Competitive ability fitness differences; Competitive exclusion; Niches; Phylogenetics; Regional species pool

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPETITIVE DISPLACEMENT; FITNESS; NESTEDNESS; NICHE; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES POOL;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77955960939     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01509.x     Document Type: Article

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