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intransitive competition: a standalone construct

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Community ecology

a competitive network in which no species beats all others, forming loops that can promote coexistence of many competitors.

In community ecology, intransitive competition refers to a competitive network in which no species beats all others, forming loops that can promote coexistence of many competitors. This meaning comes from Laird (2006) in The American Naturalist.[1]

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coexistence3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs community5 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, five constructs network4 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Laird, R. A., & Schamp, B. S. (2006). Competitive Intransitivity Promotes Species Coexistence. The American Naturalist, 168(2), 182-193. https://doi.org/10.1086/506259

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