Lottery coexistence on rocky shores: Weak niche differentiation or equal competitors engaged in neutral dynamics?

American Naturalist

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 342-362

  Shinen, Jennifer L ^a   Navarrete, Sergio A ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Barnacles; Coexistence; Competition; Lottery recruitment; Neutral; Niche vs; Rocky intertidal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BARNACLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THORACICA;

EID: 84893010922     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/674898     Document Type: Article

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