On the evidence for species coexistence: A critique of the coexistence program

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3153-3164

  Siepielski, Adam M ^a   McPeek, Mark A ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Density dependence; Empirical evidence; Invasibility; Phenotypic trade offs; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; INVASIBILITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION REGULATION; STOCHASTICITY; TRADE-OFF; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78249260663     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0154.1     Document Type: Article

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