The importance of niche differentiation for coexistence on large scales

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-36

  Tang, Junfeng ^a   Zhou, Shurong ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Competitive exclusion; Homogeneous habitat; Neutral theory; Recruitment limitation

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DIFFERENTIATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUTRAL GENE THEORY; NICHE DIFFERENTIATION; POPULATION DISPERSAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650776523     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.12.025     Document Type: Article

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