Spatial complementarity and the coexistence of species.

Coexistence of apparently similar species remains an enduring paradox in ecology. Spatial structure has been predicted to enable coexistence even when population-level models predict competitive exclusion if it causes each species to limit its own population more than that of its competitor. Neverth...

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Main Authors: Jorge Velázquez, Juan P Garrahan, Markus P Eichhorn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4274010?pdf=render