Evolutionary dynamics of frequency-dependent growth strategy in cannibalistic amphibians

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 719-736

  Wakano, Joe Yuichiro ^a,b   Kohmatsu, Y ^b   Yamamura, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Cannibalistic morph; Evolutionary cycling; Evolutionary dynamics; Frequency dependence; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038826556     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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