Linking modern coexistence theory and contemporary niche theory

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 161-177

  Letten, Andrew D ^a   Ke, Po Ju ^a   Fukami, Tadashi ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coexistence; competition; consumer resource model; fitness differences; impact niche; Lotka Volterra equation; mechanistic models; niche overlap; requirement niche

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; FITNESS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LOTKA-VOLTERRA MODEL; NICHE; NICHE OVERLAP; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 85013347580     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1242     Document Type: Article

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