Growth after maturity as a sub-optimal strategy

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-28

  Cichoń, Mariusz ^a,b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allocation model; Growth patterns; Life history; Numerical simulation; Optimal body size; Random processes; Sensitivity analyses

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; MATURATION; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 0032970650     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(99)80012-5     Document Type: Article

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