Matrix models for quantifying competitive intransitivity from species abundance data
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W. Ulrich ([email protected]), Chair of Ecology and Biogeography, Nicolaus Copernicus Univ. in Toruń, Lwowska1, PL-87-100 Toruń, Poland. – S. Soliveres and F. T. Maestre, Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Depto de Biología y Geología, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Univ. Rey Juan Carlos, ES-28933 Móstoles, Spain. SS also at: Inst. of Plant Sciences, Univ. of Bern, Alterbengrain 21, CH-3013 Bern, Switzerland. – W. Kryszewski, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus Univ. in Toruń, Chopina 12/18, PL-87-100 Toruń, Poland. – N. J. Gotelli, Dept of Biology, Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.
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