An integrative framework of coexistence mechanisms in competitive metacommunities

Ecography

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 630-641

  Fournier, Bertrand ^a   Mouquet, Nicolas ^a   Leibold, Mathew A ^b   Gravel, Dominique ^c  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; METAPOPULATION; PATCH DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 84973369549     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.02137     Document Type: Article

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