NCEAS Project 2165
Extending, synthesizing, and applying recent advances in competition theory
- Peter A. Abrams
- Will G. Wilson
| Activity | Dates | Further Information |
|---|---|---|
| Working Group | 7th—13th January 1999 | Participant List |
| Working Group | 21st—23rd May 1999 | Participant List |
| Working Group | 24th—28th July 1999 | Participant List |
| Working Group | 27th January—2nd February 2000 | Participant List |
| Working Group | 1st—4th May 2000 | Participant List |
| Working Group | 24th—30th June 2000 | Participant List |
| Working Group | 8th—12th November 2000 | Participant List |
| Working Group | 25th—31st January 2001 | Participant List |
| Working Group | 12th—17th April 2002 | Participant List |
Abstract
Theoretical work on interspecific competition over the past 15 years has been characterized by the inclusion of an increasing amount of detail regarding the mechanism of population interaction. In comparison with previous work, recent theory has included more explicit descriptions of: (1) spatial and temporal variability; (2) adaptive behavior and/or evolution; and (3) between-individual differences in characteristics affecting competition. These studies have been undertaken largely independently, and many have been based on specific systems or assumptions. This proposal has two goals: (1) to explore the relationships between, and the interaction of these three components of the mechanism of competition; and (2) to determine if there is empirical evidence for the more general predictions uncovered by work related to the first goal. The second goal will also encompass plans for future empirical studies if evidence is lacking in past work. The working group will include investigators who have been actively involved in developing recent theory as well as empirical biologists who have had experience in meta-analysis of published experiments. The tangible results of the working group will be several joint theoretical papers and meta-analyses of published work, and proposals for empirical studies to apply the theory developed here.
| Type | Products of NCEAS Research |
|---|---|
| Presentations | Abrams, Peter A. 1999. Character displacement of species that share predators. Annual Meetings of the Society for Evolution and American Society of Naturalists. Madison, WI. |
| Journal Article | Abrams, Peter A. 1999. The adaptive dynamics of consumer choice. American Naturalist. Vol: 153. Pages 83-97. |
| Journal Article | Abrams, Peter A. 2000. Character shifts of prey species that share predators. American Naturalist. Vol: 156. Pages S45-S61. |
| Presentations | Abrams, Peter A. 2000. Effects of mortality on competitive coexistence and coevolution. 85th Annual Meetings of the Ecological Society of America, 6-10 August 2000. Snowbird, UT. |
| Journal Article | Abrams, Peter A. 2001. The effect of density-independent mortality on the coexistence of exploitative competitors for renewing resources. American Naturalist. Vol: 158. Pages 459-470. |
| Journal Article | Abrams, Peter A.; Chen, Xin. 2002. The evolution of traits affecting resource acquisition and predator vulnerability: Character displacement under real and apparent competition. American Naturalist. Vol: 160. Pages 692-704. |
| Journal Article | Abrams, Peter A.; Wilson, Will G. 2004. Coexistence of competitors in metacommunities due to spatial variation in resource growth rates: Does R* predict the outcome of competition?. Ecology Letters. Vol: 7. Pages 929-940. |
| Journal Article | Abrams, Peter A. 2004. When does periodic variation in resource growth allow robust coexistence of competing consumer species?. Ecology. Vol: 85. Pages 372-382. |
| Journal Article | Bolker, Benjamin; St. Mary, Colette; Osenberg, Craig W.; Schmitt, Russell; Holbrook, Sally J. 2002. Management at a different scale: Marine ornamentals and local processes. Bulletin of Marine Science. Vol: 70(2). Pages 733-748. (Abstract) |
| Journal Article | Chase, Jonathan M.; Leibold, Mathew A.; Simms, E. L. 2000. Plant tolerance and resistance in food webs: Community-level predictions and evolutionary implications. Evolutionary Ecology. Vol: 14. Pages 289-314. |
| Journal Article | Chase, Jonathan M.; Wilson, Will G.; Richards, Shane A. 2001. Foraging trade-offs and resource patchiness: Theory and experiments with a freshwater snail community. Ecology Letters. Vol: 4. Pages 304-312. |
| Journal Article | Chase, Jonathan M.; Abrams, Peter A.; Grover, James P.; Diehl, Sebastian; Chesson, Peter L.; Holt, Robert D.; Richards, Shane A.; Nisbet, Roger M.; Case, Ted. 2002. The interaction between predation and competition: A review and synthesis. Ecology Letters. Vol: 5. Pages 302-315. |
| Journal Article | Chesson, Peter L. 2000. Mechanisms of maintenance of species diversity. Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics. Vol: 31. Pages 343-366. |
| Presentations | Chesson, Peter L.; Byrne, Barbara A. 2000. The importance of coupled variable recruitment and density dependence in the coexistence of coral reef fishes. 85th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, 6-10 August 2000. Snowbird, UT. |
| Presentations | Chesson, Peter L.; Byrne, Barbara A. 2000. Variable larval supply and density-dependence can promote species coexistence in reef fish systems, December 2000. Western Society of Naturalists. Portland, OR. |
| Journal Article | Day, Troy. 2000. Competition and the effect of spatial resource heterogeneity on evolutionary diversification. American Naturalist. Vol: 155. Pages 790-803. |
| Journal Article | Day, Troy; Abrams, Peter A.; Chase, Jonathan M. 2002. The role of size-specific predation in the evolution and diversification of prey life histories. Evolution. Vol: 56. Pages 877-887. |
| Presentations | Diehl, Sebastian. 1999. Dynamics of phytoplankton and its resources in a gradient of mixing depth. Institute of Limnology, Austrian Academy of Sciences. Mondsee, Austria. |
| Presentations | Diehl, Sebastian. 1999. Phytoplankton biomass, light climate and nutrient availability along gradients of lake mixing depth. Symposium of European Freshwater Sciences, August 1999. Antwerpen, Belgium. |
| Presentations | Diehl, Sebastian; Sarnelle, Orlando. 2000. The interface between theory and field experiment: Getting beyond yes-or-no answers. The interface between theory and field experiment. ASLO, Opening Talk in Special Session. Copenhagen, Denmark . |
| Presentations | Diehl, Sebastian. 2001. Responses of plankton communities to enrichment with light, February 2001. Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara, CA. |
| Journal Article | Diehl, Sebastian. 2002. Phytoplankton, light, and nutrients in a gradient of mixing depths: Theory. Ecology. Vol: 83. Pages 386-398. |
| Journal Article | Diehl, Sebastian. 2003. The evolution and maintenance of omnivory: Dynamic constraints and the role of food quality. Ecology. Vol: 84. Pages 2557-2567. |
| Presentations | Grover, James P. 2000. Stoichiometry, herbivory and competition for nutrients. 85th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, 6-10 August 2000. Snowbird, UT. |
| Journal Article | Grover, James P. 2002. Stoichiometry, herbivory and competition for nutrients: Simple models based on planktonic ecosystems. Journal of Theoretical Biology. Vol: 214. Pages 599-618. |
| Journal Article | Grover, James P. 2003. The impact of variable stoichiometry on predator-prey interactions: A multinutrient approach. American Naturalist. Vol: 162. Pages 29-43. |
| Presentations | Nedimyer, K.; Watson, C. A.; Osenberg, Craig W.; St. Mary, Colette. 2001. Species composition and collection efficiency associated with artificial and natural substrates. Second International Conference on Marine Ornamentals, Orlando, FL, November 2001. |
| Presentations | Osenberg, Craig W.; Holbrook, Sally J.; Schmitt, Russell. 2000. Density-dependence in reef fish: A quantitative synthesis. 85th Annual Meetings of the Ecological Society of America, 6-10 August 2000. Snowbird, UT. |
| Presentations | Osenberg, Craig W. 2001. Cryptic density dependence. Larry McEdward Memorial Symposium, December 2001. Gainesville, FL. |
| Presentations | Osenberg, Craig W.; St. Mary, Colette; Schmitt, Russell; Holbrook, Sally J.; Chesson, Peter L.; Byrne, Barbara A. 2001. Density-dependence in reef fish: A meta-analysis. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, August 2001. Madison, WI. |
| Journal Article | Osenberg, Craig W.; St. Mary, Colette; Wilson, James; Lindberg, W. J. 2002. A quantitative framework to evaluate the attraction-production controversy. ICES Journal of Marine Science. Vol: 59(S). Pages S214-S221. |
| Presentations | Richards, Shane A.; Wilson, Will G. 2000. Adaptive feeding across environmental gradients. 85th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, 6-10 August 2000. Snowbird, UT. |
| Journal Article | Richards, Shane A.; Nisbet, Roger M.; Wilson, Will G.; Possingham, Hugh P. 2000. Grazers and diggers: Exploitation competition and coexistence among foragers with different feeding strategies on a single resource. American Naturalist. Vol: 155. Pages 266-279. |
| Presentations | Richards, Shane A. 2001. Population and evolutionary consequences of consuming a structured resource, March 2001. University of Utah. |
| Presentations | Richards, Shane A. 2001. Population and evolutionary consequences of consuming a structured resource, October 2001. University of Illinois at Chicago. Chicago, IL. |
| Journal Article | Richards, Shane A.; de Roos, Andre M. 2001. When is habitat assessment an advantage when foraging?. Animal Behaviour. Vol: 61. Pages 1101-1112. |
| Presentations | Richards, Shane A. 2001. When is habitat assessment an advantage when foraging?. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, August 2001. Madison, WI. |
| Presentations | Richards, Shane A. 2002. Modeling scale-dependent processes in ecology, April 2002. University of Calgary. Canada. |
| Journal Article | Richards, Shane A. 2002. Temporal partitioning and aggression among foragers: Modeling the effects of stochasticity and individual state. Behavioral Ecology. Vol: 13. Pages 427-438. |
| Presentations | Schmitt, Russell; Holbrook, Sally J. 2001. Are fish assemblages on coral patch reefs predictable?. 6th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference, May 2001. Durban, South Africa. |
| Presentations | Schmitt, Russell; Holbrook, Sally J. 2001. Local-scale variation in settlement of three damselfish: Relationships with near-field current velocity. 6th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference, May 2001. Durban, South Africa. |
| Presentations | Shima, Jeffrey; Osenberg, Craig W. 2001. Cryptic density dependence in reef fish populations. 82nd Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Naturalists, November 2001. Ventura, CA. |
| Presentations | Shima, Jeffrey; Osenberg, Craig W. 2001. Cryptic variation in habitat quality modifies the strength of density-dependent mortality of a reef fish. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, August 2001. Madison, WI. |
| Journal Article | Wilson, Will G.; Abrams, Peter A. 2005. Coexistence of cycling and dispersing consumer species: Armstrong and McGehee in space. American Naturalist. Vol: 165(2). Pages 193-205. |