Signature of ecological partitioning in the maintenance of damselfly diversity

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1163-1173

  Siepielski, Adam M ^a   Mertens, Andrew N ^a   Wilkinson, Brianna L ^a   McPeek, Mark A ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Competition; Food web; Species diversity; Stabilizing effect

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; KEYSTONE SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABILIZATION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FOOD CHAIN; INSECT; LAKE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; POND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; LAKES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PONDS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VERMONT;

ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 80053637161     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01863.x     Document Type: Article

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