Life-history decisions under predation risk: Importance of a game perspective

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 701-715

  Bouskila, Amos ^a,b   Robinson, Michael E ^a   Roitberg, Bernard D ^a   Tenhumberg, Brigitte ^a,c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; Frequency dependence; Genetic algorithm; Ontogenetic shifts; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY; MODELING; ONTOGENY; PREDATION RISK;

EID: 0031829586     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006585516023     Document Type: Article

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