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Coexistence and resource competition.

Per LundbergVeijo KaitalaVeijo KaitalaEsa RantaNiclas Jonzén

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0106 biological sciencesCoexistence theoryCompetitive BehaviorMultidisciplinaryResource (biology)EcologyEcologyNatural resource economicsEcology (disciplines)Biodiversity15. Life on landBiology010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesModels Biological010601 ecologyCompetition (economics)AnimalsEcosystemComputer SimulationBiological sciencesRelative species abundanceEcosystem

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How large numbers of species coexist on a seemingly limited number of different resources is a classic problem in ecology1, and attempts have been made to solve it experimentally. But we are not convinced that Huisman and Weissing's2 proposal to add non-stationary dynamics in species abundance to the list of possible explanations offers any new insight into this biodiversity enigma.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2000-10-26Nature
10.1038/35037672https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11048708