Evolutionarily stable strategies for consuming a structured resource

American Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-100

  Wilson, W G ^a   Richards, S A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive coexistence; Evolutionary stable strategies; Exploitation competition; Foraging; Resource structure; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MODELING;

EID: 0034091708     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303297     Document Type: Article

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