Density compensation suggests interspecific competition is weak among terrestrial snails in tabonuco forest of Puerto Rico

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 159-168

  Bloch, Christopher P ^a   Willig, Michael R ^b  

^a BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Community structure; Gastropoda; Interspecific competition

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORRELATION; GASTROPOD; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SNAIL; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; PUERTO RICO;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 79960139622     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18475/cjos.v46i2.a4     Document Type: Article

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