Coexistence of insect species competing for a pulsed resource: Toward a unified theory of biodiversity in fluctuating environments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Venner, Samuel ^a   Pélisson, Pierre François ^a   Bel Venner, Marie Claude ^a   Débias, François ^a   Rajon, Etienne ^b   Menu, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DORMANCY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NONHUMAN; OAK; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RESOURCE PARTITIONING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; WEEVIL; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CURCULIO; HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; INSECTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 79952827048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018039     Document Type: Article

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