An evolutionary explanation of the aggregation model of species coexistence

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Rohlfs, Marko ^a   Hoffmeister, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Allee effect; Competition; Density dependence; Drosophila; Egg to adult survival

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; ALLEE EFFECT; COEXISTENCE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EVOLUTION;

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; DROSOPHILA; ECOLOGY; EGG; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODEL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0042030900     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0002     Document Type: Article

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