Intraspecific density dependence and a guild of consumers coexisting on one resource

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2728-2735

  Mcpeek, Mark A ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Guild; Intraspecific density dependence; Resource competition; Rosenzweig MacArthur consumer resource model; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COEXISTENCE; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GUILD; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84871732809     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0797.1     Document Type: Article

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