A Lotka-Volterra model of coexistence between a sexual population and multiple asexual clones

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 535-545

  Pound, Graeme E ^a   Patrick Doncaster, C ^a   Cox, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; COEXISTENCE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LOTKA-VOLTERRA MODEL; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLONE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0036401158     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2002.3040     Document Type: Article

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