Field experiments on interspecific competition
TW Schoener - The american naturalist, 1983 - journals.uchicago.edu
Rare until recently, field-experimental studies of interspecific competition now number well
over 150. Competition was found in 90% of the studies and 76% of their species, indicating
its pervasive importance in ecological systems. Exploitative competition and interference
competition were apparent mechanisms about equally often. Few experiments showed year-
to-year variation in the existence of competition, though more did in its intensity; many were
not long-term. The Hairston-Slobodkin-Smith hypothesis concerning variation in the …
over 150. Competition was found in 90% of the studies and 76% of their species, indicating
its pervasive importance in ecological systems. Exploitative competition and interference
competition were apparent mechanisms about equally often. Few experiments showed year-
to-year variation in the existence of competition, though more did in its intensity; many were
not long-term. The Hairston-Slobodkin-Smith hypothesis concerning variation in the …
