Phylogenetic limiting similarity and competitive exclusion

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 782-787

  Violle, Cyrille ^a,b,c   Nemergut, Diana R ^d   Pu, Zhichao ^a   Jiang, Lin ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Community phylogenetics; Competitive ability; Functional trait; Interspecific competition; Niche conservatism; Niche difference; Phylogenetic dispersion; Phylogenetic relatedness; Species coexistence; Species extinction

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIVORY; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DISPERSION; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EXTINCTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTIST; RELATEDNESS; RESOURCE USE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CILIOPHORA; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

PROTISTA;

EID: 79960417433     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01644.x     Document Type: Article

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