Clutch-size behavior and coexistence in ephemeral-patch competition models

American Naturalist

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 744-770

  Heard, Stephen B ^a   Remer, Lynne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 0030725220     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286092     Document Type: Article

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