Does interspecific competition limit the sizes of ranges of species?. American Museum novitates ; no. 2716

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dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Sydney, 1927-en_US
dc.contributor.authorKoopman, Karl F.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-10-06T18:15:35Z
dc.date.available2005-10-06T18:15:35Z
dc.date.issued1981en_US
dc.description10 p. : ill., 2 maps ; 26 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 10).en_US
dc.description.abstract"A 'competition hypothesis' states that the species in faunas with more species (more diversity) have greater competition, narrower niches, and therefore smaller geographic ranges (less distribution). An alternative 'available space hypothesis' states that species occupy suitable available space without regard to the presence or absence of other species. We use American bats and North American rodents as groups to discriminate between the two hypotheses and see that available space is a better predictor of distribution than is diversity. Thus, the competition hypothesis is weakened and the available space hypothesis is strengthened"--p. [1].en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/5332
dc.languageengen_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNew York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates ; no. 2716en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.2716, 1981en_US
dc.subject.lcshCompetition (Biology)en_US
dc.subject.lcshHabitat partitioning (Biology)en_US
dc.subject.lcshHome range (Animal geography)en_US
dc.subject.lcshBiogeography -- North America.en_US
dc.subject.lcshSpecies.en_US
dc.titleDoes interspecific competition limit the sizes of ranges of species?. American Museum novitates ; no. 2716en_US
dc.title.alternativeCompetition and species rangesen_US
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