Continuous coexistence or discrete species? A new review of an old question

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 523-554

  Barabás, György ^a   Pigolotti, Simone ^b   Gyllenberg, Mats ^c   Dieckmann, Ulf ^d   Meszéna, Géza ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^e EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Competition kernel; Dynamical stability; Kinked kernel; Limiting similarity; Lotka Volterra models; Niche axis; Structural robustness; Structural stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873698132     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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