Killer-sensitive coexistence in metapopulations of micro-organisms

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1522, 2003, Pages 1373-1378

  Czárán, Tamás L ^a   Hoekstra, Rolf F ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacteriocin; Cellular automata; Coexistence; Killer yeast; Metapopulation; Spatial model

Indexed keywords

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

COEXISTENCE; METAPOPULATION; MICROORGANISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TOXIN; YEAST;

ARTICLE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; METAPOPULATION; MICROORGANISM; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0037625304     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2338     Document Type: Article

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