Relative Nonlinearity

Relative nonlinearity is a species-coexistence mechanism that results from different species having different nonlinear responses to competition together with fluctuations in time or space in the intensity of competition. It is one particular form of nonlinear competitive variance.


References

Chesson, P. 1994. Multispecies competition in variable environments. Theoretical Population Biology 45, 227-276.

Chesson, P. 2000. Mechanisms of maintenance of species diversity. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 31, 343-66.

Chesson, P. 2000. General theory of competitive coexistence in spatially varying environments. Theoretical Population Biology 58, 211-237.