References for quantifying and
testing species coexistence mechanisms
Key representations of mechanisms
in terms of functional components:
Chesson,
P. 2003. Quantifying and testing coexistence mechanisms arising from
recruitment
fluctuations. Theoretical Population Biology 64, 345–357.
Chesson, P. 2008.
Quantifying and testing species coexistence mechanisms. Pp 119 – 164 in
Valladares,
F., Camacho, A., Elosegui, A., Gracia, C., Estrada, M., Senar,
J.C., & Gili,
J.M., eds. “Unity in Diversity:
Reflections on Ecology after the Legacy of Ramon
Margalef.”
Fundacion BBVA, Bilbao
Suggested approaches to testing in
the field:
Sears, A.L.W., Chesson, P.
2007. New methods for quantifying the spatial storage effect: an
illustration with desert annuals. Ecology 88, 2240-2247
Chesson, P. 2008.
Quantifying and testing species coexistence mechanisms. Pp 119 – 164 in
Valladares,
F., Camacho, A., Elosegui, A., Gracia, C., Estrada, M., Senar,
J.C., & Gili,
J.M., eds. “Unity in Diversity:
Reflections on Ecology after the Legacy of Ramon
Margalef.”
Fundacion BBVA, Bilbao
Actual field tests:
Sears, A. L. W. 2004.
Quantifying the effects of spatial environmental variation on dynamics
of
natural plant populations: field tests for covariance between response
to the environment
and competition. Dissertation. University of California, Davis,
California, USA.
Sears, A.L.W., Chesson, P.
2007. New methods for quantifying the spatial storage effect: an
illustration with desert annuals. Ecology 88, 2240-2247