Evolutionary dynamics of seed size and seedling competitive ability

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 324-343

  Geritz, Stefan A H ^a,b   Van Der Meijden, Ed ^b   Metz, Johan A J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Evolutionary bifurcation theory; Evolutionary branching; Extinction; Frequency dependent selection; Seed size evolution; Seedling competition

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING;

EID: 0033150834     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.1998.1409     Document Type: Article

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