The effect Of intra- and interspecific competition on coexistence in multispecies communities

American Naturalist

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2016, Pages E1-E12

  Barabás, György ^a   Michalska Smith, Matthew J ^a   Allesina, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Community structure; Interspecific competition; Intraspecific competition; Lotka Volterra model

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LOTKA-VOLTERRA MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84975166366     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/686901     Document Type: Article

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