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Competitive Overgrowth

Competitive Overgrowth is a biological interaction within coral reef ecosystems, in which one benthic organism spatially dominates another through direct overextension of its tissues, resulting in the suppression or mortality of the overgrown competitor.

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2017–2026

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Competitive Networks: Nontransitive Competitive Relationships in Cryptic Coral Reef Environments

Leo W. Buss, Jeremy B. C. Jackson · The American Naturalist · 1979 · 522 citations

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Overgrowth in a marine epifaumal community: Competitive hierarchies and competitive networks

Garry R. Russ · Oecologia · 1982 · 242 citations

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Spatial Relationships among Encrusting Marine Organisms in the New England Subtidal Zone

Kenneth P. Sebens · Ecological Monographs · 1986 · 221 citations

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Differential competitive abilities between Caribbean coral species and a brown alga: a year of experiments and a long-term perspective

RPM Bak · Marine Ecology Progress Series · 2006 · 156 citations · Full text

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Competitive intransitivity and size-frequency distributions of interacting populations

Leo W. Buss · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1980 · 150 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. FK
    Frank K. McKinney

    Appalachian State University, United States

    3 publications · 117 citations

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  2. LW
    Leo W. Buss

    Yale University, United States

    3 publications · 811 citations

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  3. KP
    Kenneth P. Sebens

    University of Washington, United States

    2 publications · 365 citations

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  4. DL
    Don L. Kissling

    Binghamton University, United States

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  5. JS
    Joshua S. Madin

    Macquarie University, Australia

    1 publications · 31 citations

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Institutions

35

  1. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    310 citations

  2. Appalachian State University

    Boone, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    117 citations

  3. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    113 citations

  4. James Cook University

    Townsville, Australia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    232 citations

  5. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    156 citations

  6. United States Department of Energy

    Washington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    62 citations

  7. University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

    Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    234 citations

  8. Smithsonian Institution

    Washington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    37 citations

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Venues

  1. Marine Ecology Progress Series

    MEPS · 5 publications · 444 citations

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  2. Ecology

    3 publications · 219 citations

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  4. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

    2 publications · 85 citations

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  5. The American Naturalist

    AN · 2 publications · 666 citations

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