The effect of competition on species' distributions depends on coexistence, rather than scale alone

Ecography

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1071-1079

  Godsoe, William ^a,b   Murray, Rua ^b   Plank, Michael J ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84946493050     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.01134     Document Type: Article

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