Distance-limited dispersal promotes coexistence at habitat boundaries: Reconsidering the competitive exclusion principle

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 260-266

  Débarre, Florence ^a   Lenormand, Thomas ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Allele polymorphism; Cline; Exclusion rule; Generalist; Habitat; Habitat fragmentation; Intermediate heterogeneity hypothesis; Landscape complementation; Spatial heterogeneity; Specialist; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931748996     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01580.x     Document Type: Article

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