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- https://bio.libretexts.org/Workbench/General_Ecology_Ecology/Chapter_22%3A_Biodiversity/22.6%3A_Patterns_in_BiodiversityBeyond purely scientific goals and satisfying curiosity, this understanding is essential for applied issues of major concern to humankind, such as the spread of invasive species, the control of diseas...Beyond purely scientific goals and satisfying curiosity, this understanding is essential for applied issues of major concern to humankind, such as the spread of invasive species, the control of diseases and their vectors, and the likely effects of global climate change on the maintenance of biodiversity (Gaston 2000).
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Gettysburg_College/01%3A_Ecology_for_All/22%3A_Biodiversity/22.03%3A_Patterns_in_BiodiversityFigure \PageIndex4: Biodiversity hotspots and some of their endemic species. (a) Melanesian Islands ["Solomon Islands" by Jim Lounsbury is available for open access]; (b) Emerald Lakes, New Zeal...Figure \PageIndex4: Biodiversity hotspots and some of their endemic species. (a) Melanesian Islands ["Solomon Islands" by Jim Lounsbury is available for open access]; (b) Emerald Lakes, New Zealand [Photo by Marcus Holland-Moritz is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0]; (c) Diademed sifaca, one of the endemic lemur species from Mantadia National Park, Madagascar ["Diademed ready to push off" by Michael Hogan is available in the public domain]; (d) Maned wolf, the largest canid of South America, a…
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Gettysburg_College/01%3A_Ecology_for_All/15%3A_Competition/15.05%3A_Quantifying_Competition_Using_the_Lotka-Volterra_ModelNote the subscripts on the competition coefficients: α 12 expresses the effect of one member of Population 2 on the growth rate of Population 1; α 21 expresses the effect of one member of Population 1...Note the subscripts on the competition coefficients: α 12 expresses the effect of one member of Population 2 on the growth rate of Population 1; α 21 expresses the effect of one member of Population 1 on the growth rate of Population 2. If we solve for these intercepts, we wind up with the following two coordinates for Population 1: [0, K 1 /a 12 ] (setting x, or the size of Population 1, to 0) and [K 1 , 0] (setting y, or the population size of Population 2, to 0).
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Workbench/General_Ecology_Ecology/Chapter_15%3A_Competition/15.5%3A_Quantifying_Competition_Using_the_Lotka-Volterra_ModelNote the subscripts on the competition coefficients: α 12 expresses the effect of one member of Population 2 on the growth rate of Population 1; α 21 expresses the effect of one member of Population 1...Note the subscripts on the competition coefficients: α 12 expresses the effect of one member of Population 2 on the growth rate of Population 1; α 21 expresses the effect of one member of Population 1 on the growth rate of Population 2. If we solve for these intercepts, we wind up with the following two coordinates for Population 1: [0, K 1 /a 12 ] (setting x, or the size of Population 1, to 0) and [K 1 , 0] (setting y, or the population size of Population 2, to 0).
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Gettysburg_College/01%3A_Ecology_for_All/15%3A_Competition/15.04%3A_Ecological_and_Evolutionary_Consequences_of_CompetitionThe rationale for character displacement stems from the competitive exclusion principle, which contends that to coexist in a stable environment two competing species must differ in their respective ec...The rationale for character displacement stems from the competitive exclusion principle, which contends that to coexist in a stable environment two competing species must differ in their respective ecological niche; without differentiation, one species will eliminate or exclude the other through competition.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Workbench/General_Ecology_Ecology/Chapter_15%3A_Competition/15.4%3A_Ecological_Consequences_of_CompetitionThe rationale for character displacement stems from the competitive exclusion principle, which contends that to coexist in a stable environment two competing species must differ in their respective ec...The rationale for character displacement stems from the competitive exclusion principle, which contends that to coexist in a stable environment two competing species must differ in their respective ecological niche; without differentiation, one species will eliminate or exclude the other through competition.
