Niche Overlap Among Foliage-Gleaning Birds: Support for Planka's Niche Overlap Hypothesis

The data presented supports the hypothesis that mean pairwise niche overlap within a guild or community is inversely proportional to the intensity of interspecific competition. These results further emphasize the importance of considering the total competitive effects of all interspecific competitor...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American naturalist 1981-01, Vol.117 (3), p.395-399
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Zusammenfassung:The data presented supports the hypothesis that mean pairwise niche overlap within a guild or community is inversely proportional to the intensity of interspecific competition. These results further emphasize the importance of considering the total competitive effects of all interspecific competitors when analyzing guild or community structure.
ISSN:0003-0147