Lectures on species interactions and competition
Lectures on species interactions and competition
Lectures on species interactions and competition
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Less<strong>on</strong> 8: Species interacti<strong>on</strong>s:<br />
competiti<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> amensalism<br />
• Simple interacti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
• Competiti<strong>on</strong><br />
– Measuring competiti<strong>on</strong><br />
– Experimental evidence of competiti<strong>on</strong><br />
– Models of competiti<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> resource limitati<strong>on</strong><br />
– Limiting resources <strong>and</strong> plant strategies<br />
• Amensalism<br />
– Allelopathy<br />
– Interacti<strong>on</strong>s between trophic levels (e.g.,<br />
herbivory)