Optimal floating and queuing strategies: Consequences for density dependence and habitat loss

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 354-366

  Kokko, Hanna ^a,c   Sutherland, William J ^b  

^a Division of Population Biology ^*  (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS); Floating; Habitat selection; Queuing; Territory acquisition

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; HABITAT QUALITY; TERRITORIALITY;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031656840     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286174     Document Type: Article

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