Natural selection or the non-survival of the non-fit

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 83-97

  Den Boer, P J ^a  

^a NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competition; Elimination; Natural selection; Spreading of risk; Survival; The fittest

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FITNESS; HETEROGENEITY; NATURAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0032742164     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002053820381     Document Type: Article

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