Experimental demonstration of species coexistence enabled by dispersal limitation

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1102-1114

  Yu, Douglas W ^a   Wilson, Howard B ^b   Frederickson, Megan E ^c   Palomino, Wily ^d   De La Colina, Rafael ^d   Edwards, David P ^a   Balareso, Angel A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

^e NONE   (Peru)

Author keywords

Habitat destruction hypothesis; Metacommunity; Mutualism; Myrmecophyte; Recruitment limitation; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

ANT; COEXISTENCE; DISPERSAL; MUTUALISM; NICHE PARTITIONING; PLANT; TRADE-OFF;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 8144220013     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00877.x     Document Type: Article

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