title: Monkeys and matrices: On the coexistence of "omnivorous" forest primates.
abstract: Members of competing species may influence their share of food sources either by finding new feeding sites more frequently or by more effectively monopolizing those sites once found. We describe a model that separates the effects of these two forms of competition; in a set of African forest primates, only the first has a major effect on species' relative population densities. The model identifies factors which might lead to a greater role of interference at food sources in other communities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, 47907, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Waser
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 92037, La Jolla, California, USA.
authors.forename: Ted J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Case