Game-theoretical evolution of seed mass in multi-species ecological models

Oikos

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 116-126

  Rees, Mark ^a,b   Westoby, Mark ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GAME THEORY; SEED MASS;

EID: 0030620574     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545807     Document Type: Article

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