Competition and Coexistence in Plankton Communities

Abstract

Mustetid species guiids are large but competition between mustelid species appears limited except in the genera Martes and Mustela. Several different nonequilibrium community models indicate that 2 or more Mustela may coexist temporarily due to different reproductive adaptations, differential predation of different prey, prey population fluctuations, and predation on Mustela by other predators. Long-term coexistence only occurs through local extinction and recolonization. R.A.