The balance of terror: An alternative mechanism for competitive trade-offs and its implications for invading species

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 497-509

  Adler, Frederick R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Defense; Invading species; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COEVOLUTION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; PREDATION RISK; RESOURCE USE; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 0033386537     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303258     Document Type: Article

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