Eco-evolutionary dynamics enable coexistence via neighbor-dependent selection

American Naturalist

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Vasseur, David A ^a   Amarasekare, Priyanga ^b   Rudolf, Volker H W ^c   Levine, Jonathan M ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Competition; Intransitive competition; Neighbor dependent selection; References; Trait evolution

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; CONSPECIFIC; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HERITABILITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; NICHE PARTITIONING; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; POPULATION DENSITY;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 80054884634     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662161     Document Type: Article

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