Evolutionary fitness in ecology: Comparing measures of fitness in stochastic, density-dependent environments

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 769-789

  Benton, T G ^a   Grant, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Elasticity; Evolutionarily unbeatable strategy; Fitness; Invasion exponent; Life history; Lifetime reproductive success; Lyapunov exponent; Reproductive effort; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001562456     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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