Accounting for interspecific competition and age structure in demographic analyses of density dependence improves predictions of fluctuations in population size

Understanding species coexistence has long been a major goal of ecology. Coexistence theory for two competing species posits that intraspecific density dependence should be stronger than interspecific density dependence. Great tits and blue tits are two bird species that compete for food resources a...

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Main Authors: Gamelon, M, Vriend, SJG, Engen, S, Adriaensen, F, Dhondt, AA, Evans, SR, Matthysen, E, Sheldon, BC, Saether, B-E
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019