Interference competition set limits to the fundamental theorem of natural selection

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-120

  Witting, Lars ^a  

^a GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; POPULATION DENSITY; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0033940626     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002788313345     Document Type: Article

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