A G-function approach to fitness minima, fitness maxima, evolutionary stable strategies and adaptive landscapes

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 923-942

  Cohen, Y ^a   Vincent, T L ^b   Brown, J S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive landscapes; Evolutionarily stable strategy; Fitness; Frequency dependent selection; G function; Game theory; Speciation; Strategy dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000143203     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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