Exploiter-mediated coexistence and frequency-dependent selection in a numerical model of biodiversity

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-116

  Harding, Stephan P ^a   Lovelock, James E ^b  

^a Schumacher College   (United Kingdom)

^b St Giles on the Heath ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MODEL; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOREGULATION;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0030596915     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0146     Document Type: Article

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