To grow or to reproduce? The role of life-history plasticity in food web dynamics

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 571-586

  Chase, Jonathan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative equilibria; Food webs; Life history plasticity; Size refugia; Snails

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY; OPTIMIZATION; PLASTICITY; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 0033392006     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303261     Document Type: Article

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