Optimal dispersal range and seed size in a stable environment

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 287-293

  Ezoe, Hideo ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL RANGE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; SEED SIZE; STABLE ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; PLANT; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS;

EID: 0032492197     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0553     Document Type: Article

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