Mutual interference is common and mostly intermediate in magnitude

BMC Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  DeLong, John P ^a   Vasseur, David A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78650861877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-11-1     Document Type: Article

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