Tries to accomodate competition theory while describing switching between generalist and specialist behavior. Statistical background would be helpful for in-depth appreciation of this paper. Shipley, B. and Keddy, P.A. 1994. Evaluating the evidence for competitive hierarchies in plant communities. Fairly dry paper focusing on competition models and community organization.
Definitions get a little dense.
Attempts to empirically describe the effects of competition among plants. Suggests the bolstering of necessary assumptions with empirical evidence instead of logical argument. Spiller, D.A. and Schoener, T.W. 1995. Long-term variation in the effect of lizards on spider density is linked to rainfall. The authors are interested in the causal mechanisms of biotic interactions, and the effect of biotic and abiotic factors on competition and predation dynamics.