Spatial instabilities untie the exclusion-principle constraint on species coexistence

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 335, Issue , 2013, Pages 198-204

  Nathan, Jonathan ^a   Meron, Ehud ^a   von Hardenberg, Jost ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competitive exclusion; Mathematical modeling; Species coexistence; Species competition; Vegetation patterns

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HABITAT STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATCH DYNAMICS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; THEORETICAL STUDY; VEGETATION COVER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPETITION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES INVASION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

COMPETITIVE EXCLUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SPECIES COMPETITION; VEGETATION PATTERNS;

BIODIVERSITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; PLANTS;

EID: 84880976915     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.06.026     Document Type: Article

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