When an individual directly alters the resource-attaining behavior of other individuals, the interaction is considered interference competition. For example, when a male gorilla prohibits other males ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The stress-gradient hypothesis predicts that interactions among plants are context dependent, shifting from facilitation to competition as ...

The tremendous diversity of species in ecological communities has motivated a century of research into the mechanisms that maintain biodiversity. However, much of this work examines the coexistence of ...