Optimal size of storage for recovery after unpredictable disturbances

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-65

  Iwasa, Yoh ^a   Kubo, Takuya ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

disturbance; dynamic programming; life history theory; optimal growth schedule; recovery; storage; unpredictability

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; GROWTH SCHEDULE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; OPTIMAL SIZE; STORAGE ORGAN;

EID: 0030618439     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018483429029     Document Type: Article

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