Abstract
The implications of spatial processes for resource competition have only recently received much attention. Theoretical approaches taken so far are classified as
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island (or site-based) models which divide a larger habitat into local sites whose exact spatial location is unimportant
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continuum models in which consumers and resources are continuously distributed along spatial coordinates
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stepping-stone models which have discrete sites linked in a spatially explicit manner.
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Grover, J.P. (1997). Spatial heterogeneity. In: Resource Competition. Population and Community Biology Series, vol 19. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6397-6_7
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