THE DEFINITION OF THE NICHE BY FUZZY SET-THEORY

被引:27
作者
CAO, GX
机构
[1] Southwestern Forestry College, Kunming
关键词
COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC; FUZZY SET THEORY; NICHE DEFINITION;
D O I
10.1016/0304-3800(93)E0071-A
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
A new fuzzy niche concept is proposed to overcome the limitation of Hutchinson's niche concept. The index alpha that makes a alpha-level set of the fuzzy set of the niche is a nice measure for intercompetition, and further discussions showed that alpha can serve as an index for measuring the existing status of a species in the community: if alpha exceeds its threshold value, the species may be excluded from the community; otherwise the species coexists with other species in the community.
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页码:65 / 71
页数:7
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