Life-cycle switching and coexistence of species with no niche differentiation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Montero Pau, Javier ^a   Serra, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPAUSE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 79956312467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020314     Document Type: Article

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