Phylogenetic community ecology as an approach for studying old ideas on competition in the plankton: Opportunities and challenges

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 73, Issue 1 SUPPL, 2014, Pages 186-192

  Vamosi, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Competition; Habitat filtering; Niche differences; Phylogenetic community structure; Plankton

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NICHE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84904253433     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2014.814     Document Type: Article

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