Limits to species richness in a continuum of habitat heterogeneity: An ESS approach

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 293-316

  Mitchell, William A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Co evolution; Evolutionarily stable strategy; Habitat selection; Species richness; Travel cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000966588     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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