The evolution of stability in a competitive system

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 208-215

  Zeineddine, Mohammed ^a   Jansen, Vincent A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Drosophila; Fitness; Life history; Selection

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION;

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; DROSOPHILA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENT; LIFE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DROSOPHILA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 21744459242     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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