Intra-specific variability and the competition-colonisation trade-off: Coexistence, abundance and stability patterns

Theoretical Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-71

  Courbaud, Benoit ^a   Vieilledent, Ghislain ^a,b,c   Kunstler, Georges ^a  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c LERFoB   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Colonisation trade off; Competition; Life history traits; Limiting similarity; Neutral theory; Niche partitioning; Patch occupancy model

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; COLONIZATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MODELING; NICHE PARTITIONING;

EID: 84855900482     PISSN: 18741738     EISSN: 18741746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12080-010-0095-8     Document Type: Article

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