%0 Book Section %1 shmida1985coexistence %A Shmida, A. %A Ellner, S. %B Plant community ecology: Papers in honor of Robert H. Whittaker %D 1985 %E Peet, R.K. %I Springer Netherlands %K Turing_bifurcation coexistence competition review spatial_structure %P 275-301 %R 10.1007/978-94-009-5526-4_19 %T Coexistence of plant species with similar niches %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5526-4_19 %V 7 %X In the context of a simple mathematical model, we derive several mechanisms whereby plant species can coexist in a community without differing in their trophic niches (their relations with habitats, resources and exploiters). The model is based on the dynamics of species turnover in microsites, and incorporates localized competition, non-uniform seed dispersal and aspects of spatiotemporal environmental heterogeneity. These factors, which are not included in most standard competition models, allow stable coexistence of trophically equivalent species due to: %@ 978-94-010-8939-5

@incollection{shmida1985coexistence, abstract = {In the context of a simple mathematical model, we derive several mechanisms whereby plant species can coexist in a community without differing in their trophic niches (their relations with habitats, resources and exploiters). The model is based on the dynamics of species turnover in microsites, and incorporates localized competition, non-uniform seed dispersal and aspects of spatiotemporal environmental heterogeneity. These factors, which are not included in most standard competition models, allow stable coexistence of trophically equivalent species due to: }, added-at = {2014-12-05T01:53:48.000+0100}, author = {Shmida, A. and Ellner, S.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/29e6b1f534ef979817468df938b88e850/peter.ralph}, booktitle = {Plant community ecology: Papers in honor of Robert H. Whittaker}, doi = {10.1007/978-94-009-5526-4_19}, editor = {Peet, R.K.}, interhash = {6155b057a8b1a2298f3451f3512bc975}, intrahash = {9e6b1f534ef979817468df938b88e850}, isbn = {978-94-010-8939-5}, keywords = {Turing_bifurcation coexistence competition review spatial_structure}, language = {English}, pages = {275-301}, publisher = {Springer Netherlands}, series = {Advances in vegetation science}, timestamp = {2014-12-05T01:53:48.000+0100}, title = {Coexistence of plant species with similar niches}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5526-4_19}, volume = 7, year = 1985 }