Environmental fluctuations and the maintenance of genetic diversity in age or stage-structured populations

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 103-127

  Ellner, Stephen ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIPLOIDY; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOIDY; MATHEMATICS;

AGING; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIPLOIDY; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOIDY; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030037776     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02458284     Document Type: Article

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