Optimal resource allocation in a randomly varying environment

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 602-612

  Gurney, W S C ^a   Middleton, D A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Fitness; Indeterminate growth; Invasion; Stage structured models

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FITNESS; INDETERMINATE GROWTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 0030303334     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2390170     Document Type: Article

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