MacArthur resource-utilisation niche overlap

Layer 3 — Biologyin the Community Ecology subtree

MacArthur 1969 / Tilman 1982: species i resource utilisation u_i(R) on resource axis R; competition coefficient α_ij = ∫ u_i u_j dR / ∫ u_i² dR. Limiting similarity sets minimum niche separation d/w ~ 1 below which coexistence fails…

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