On evolution under asymmetric competition

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 485-501

  Law, Richard ^a   Marrow, Paul ^b,c   Dieckmann, Ulf ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Asymmetric competition; Co evolution; Competition; Evolutionarily stable strategy; Frequency dependent selection; Red Queen dynamics; Stochastic process

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; COMPETITION; EVOLUTION;

EID: 0030777263     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018441108982     Document Type: Article

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