Herbivore-induced coexistence of competing plant species

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 268, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-61

  Ishii, Reiichiro ^a,b   Crawley, Michael J ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grazing selectivity; Herbivory effect; Lottery model; Plant coexistence; Trade off

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GRAZING; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; PALATABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PALATABILITY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 77957888845     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.07.042     Document Type: Article

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