Lectures on species interactions and competition

Reconciling the theories of Grime and Tilman
Grime focuses on plant strategies and adaptation to
certain environmental conditions, the role of environment
in relation to plants distributions, and how these determine
patterns of succession and competition between species.
Tilman focuses more on the interactions between plants
and the role of competition for resources.
Grime 1977
Tilman says that Grime's theories do not adequately
incorporate the importance of non-heterogeneous supplies
of nutrients and how these supplies are partitioned over
long time scales, and are inconsistent regarding the
importance of disturbance in nutrient-limited habitats and
need to reconsider the carbon economy of shade-tolerant
plants.
Tilman 1985