Title: Interspecific competition, predation and species diversity
Abstract: A review was made of some mathematical population models and their applications to problems of interspecific competition and predator-prey relationships. These were considered in relation to some observations and experiments suggesting local increases in species diversity under predation in competitive situations. A mathematical model of a three-species trophic subweb was developed and examined critically. Model results indicated that the equilibrium assumptions postulated in previous models may be unrealistic, and that local species diversity may indeed increase with predation under some competitive conditions.
Publication Year: 1970
Publication Date: 1970-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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