Science, Vol 188, Issue 4185, 253-255
Copyright © 1975 by American Association for the Advancement of Science
Interspecific competition: a new approach to the classical theory
JH Vandermeer
The biological consequences of the classical theory of competition are shown to be at least partly a function of a very special way of interpreting particular constants in simple equations. Ii is shown how altered consequences may be obtained by different, but equally plausible, interpretations of those constants.