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dominance-generalism trade-off

Scope: community ecology
Papers: 2 | Mentions: 2

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Knowledge graph centered on dominance-generalism trade-off with 21 nodes and 44 connections. Top connected: specific leaf area, pitfall trapping (Formicidae), NDVI, functional traits, Subalpine plant community energetics census.

Definition

Predicts that dominant species may be more specialized on particular resources than subordinates, allowing subordinate species to coexist by better capitalizing on unused resources.

Related Terms (1)

competitive hierarchy hypothesis

Publications (2)

article

Testing trade-offs and the dominance–impoverishment rule among ant communities

2020Journal of Biogeographytested
student_paper

Competitive hierarchy or niche packing? An examination of the effects of competition on community.

2014central

Related Concepts (8)

specific leaf area

measurement1 shared paper

NDVI

metric1 shared paper

functional traits

measurement1 shared paper

dominance-impoverishment rule

hypothesis1 shared paper

dominance-discovery trade-off

hypothesis1 shared paper

resource monopolization

measurement1 shared paper

leaf economics spectrum

framework1 shared paper

niche packing theory

hypothesis1 shared paper