Ecological Dynamics of Mutualist/Antagonist Communities

American Naturalist

Volumn 162, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Bronstein, Judith L ^a   Wilson, William G ^b   Morris, William F ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheating; Coexistence; Community; Exploitation; Mutualism; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; MUTUALISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PRODOXIDAE; YUCCA;

EID: 0242625224     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378645     Document Type: Conference Paper

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