Dwarfs and giants: Cannibalism and competition in size-structured populations

American Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 219-237

  Claessen, David ^a   De Roos, André M ^a   Persson, Lennart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

'Double' growth curves; Competition; Perca fluviatilis; Size dependent cannibalism; Structured population model

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; COMPETITION; POPULATION MODELING;

EID: 0034116633     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303315     Document Type: Article

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