Theoretical perspectives on evolution of long-distance dispersal and the example of specialized pests

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1957-1967

  Muller Landau, Helene C ^a,b   Levin, Simon A ^a   Keymer, Juan E ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Density dependence; Escape hypothesis; Evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS); Janzen Connell effects; Long distance dispersal; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; PEST SPECIES; SEED DISPERSAL;

EID: 0344153737     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/01-0617     Document Type: Review

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