dc.contributor.author | Schmidt, Kenneth A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Earnhardt, Joanne M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Brown, Joel S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Holt, Robert D. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-02-20T18:42:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-02-20T18:42:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2000 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Schmidt, K. A., Earnhardt, J. M., Brown, J. S., & Holt, R. D. (2000). Habitat selection under temporal heterogeneity: exorcizing the ghost of competition past. Ecology, 81(9), 2622–2630. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[2622:HSUTHE]2.0.CO;2 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/16737 | |
dc.description.abstract | We investigate how coexistence between competitors may be influenced by habitat selection when habitats represent either sources or sinks, and given that dispersal is free to evolve. Evolutionary stable dispersal between source and sink habitats can occur if local fitnesses vary temporally, either due to intrinsic factors (e.g., chaotic dynamics) or extrinsic factors (e.g., environmental stochasticity). The model assumes locally linear Lotka- Volterra competition between two species. Given sufficiently low density-independent mortality in the sink, dispersal between habitats is an evolutionary stable strategy (ESS). Given a trade-off between competitive ability in the source and mortality in the sink, a sink habitat can promote species coexistence in the source habitat if the inferior competitor species experiences lower mortality in the sink. This highlights how sink habitats may provide mechanisms of coexistence in heterogeneous landscapes. In a second scenario, the competitors have distinct habitat preferences, resulting in the ‘‘Ghost of Competition Past’’ (i.e., complete habitat partitioning) with stable population dynamics. With unstable population dynamics, dispersal between habitats becomes the ESS, and the Ghost vanishes leading either to coexistence of the competitors in both habitats or global exclusion of one species. Our results highlight the importance of jointly considering the effects of spatial heterogeneity and temporal variability when analyzing the coexistence of competing, mobile organisms. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | We thank students of the Fall 1996 Game Theory class at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Doug Morris for many insightful discussions and comments on the nature of habitat selection. F. Adler and two anonymous reviewers provided useful comments to an earlier version. This paper is a contribution to the program of the Institute of Ecosystem Studies. Financial support during preparation was provided by the National Science Foundation (DEB 9615414). | en_US |
dc.publisher | Ecological Society of America | en_US |
dc.rights | Copyright by the Ecological Society of America | |
dc.subject | evolutionary stable strategy (ESS) | en_US |
dc.subject | Ghost of Competition Past | en_US |
dc.subject | habitat selection | en_US |
dc.subject | mechanisms of coexistence | en_US |
dc.subject | source-sink dynamics | en_US |
dc.subject | spatial stochasticity | en_US |
dc.subject | temporal stochasitcity | en_US |
dc.title | Habitat Selection under Temporal Heterogeneity: Exorcizing the Ghost of Competition Past | en_US |
dc.type | Article | |
kusw.kuauthor | Holt, Robert D. | |
kusw.kudepartment | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[2622:HSUTHE]2.0.CO;2 | |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |