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