The diverse effects of intraspecific competition on the selective advantage to resistance: A model and its predictions

American Naturalist

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 276-292

  Weis, Arthur E ^a,b   Hochberg, Michael E ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Competition; Costs of resistance; Herbivory; Model; Plants; Resistance

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NATURAL SELECTION; PLANT DEFENSE;

EID: 0033841893     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303386     Document Type: Review

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