Evolutionary history and the strength of species interactions: Testing the phylogenetic limiting similarity hypothesis

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1407-1417

  Fritschie, Keith J ^a,c   Cardinale, Bradley J ^a   Alexandrou, Markos A ^b   Oakley, Todd H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Competition; Competition relatedness hypothesis; Limiting similarity; Phylogenetic diversity; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GREEN ALGA; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIMITING FACTOR; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RELATEDNESS;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84901694198     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0986.1     Document Type: Review

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