Quantitative predictions from competition theory with incomplete information on model parameters tested against experiments across diverse taxa

We derive an analytical approximation for making quantitative predictions for ecological communities as a function of the mean intensity of the inter-specific competition and the species richness. This method, with only a fraction of the model parameters (carrying capacities and competition coefficients), is able to predict accurately empirical measurements covering a wide variety of taxa (algae, plants, protozoa).

• Publication year

  2017

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  arXiv: Populations and Evolution

• Publication date

  2017-08-11

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.ECOLMODEL.2017.11.002arXiv 1708.03593
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