On the impossibility of coexistence of infinitely many strategies

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-160

  Gyllenberg, Mats ^a   Meszéna, Géza ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Ecological niche; Evolution of seed size; Limiting similarity; Lotka Volterra competition model; Physiologically structured populations; Regulated coexistence; Structural stability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 13844271468     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-004-0283-5     Document Type: Article

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