Selection for intermediate mortality and reproduction rates in a spatially structured population

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1436, 1999, Pages 2383-2388

  Richards, Shane A ^a   Wilson, William G ^a   Socolar, Joshua E S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Evolution; Spatially structured populations

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; ECOLOGY; MODEL; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0033534014     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0935     Document Type: Article

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