Allee effects, immigration, and the evolution of species' niches

American Naturalist

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 253-262

  Holt, Robert D ^a   Knight, Tiffany M ^a   Barfield, Michael ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Individual based model; Local adaptation; Niche evolution; Sex ratio; Source sink

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLEE EFFECT; IMMIGRATION; NICHE; SEX RATIO; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEX RATIO;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ALLELES; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1542542768     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381408     Document Type: Article

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