Indirect effects of environmental change in resource competition models

American Naturalist

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 766-776

  Kleinhesselink, Andrew R ^a   Adler, Peter B ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence theory; Competition; Global change; Indirect effects; Resource models

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NICHE OVERLAP; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84947563656     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/683676     Document Type: Article

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