Evolutionary strategies and nutrient cycling in ecosystems

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 719-743

  Cohen, Yosef ^a   Pastor, John ^b   Vincent, T L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionarily stable strategies; Game theory; Nutrient cycling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003441126     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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