title: Evolutionary ecology: when relatives cannot live together.
abstract: The importance of competition in determining species coexistence has been much debated. A phylogenetic analysis of sedges indicates that competitive exclusion may inhibit co-occurrence among closely related species, but not among more distant relatives.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Gilmer Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA. jdavies@virginia.edu
authors.forename: T Jonathan
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D029785:Cyperaceae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D003710:Demography; D017753:Ecosystem; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010802:Phylogeny; D013019:South Africa; D013045:Species Specificity