Evolutionary branching/speciation: Contrasting results from systems with explicit or emergent carrying capacities

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 883-891

  Bowers, Roger G ^a   White, Andrew ^b   Boots, Michael ^c   Geritz, Stefan A H ^d   Kisdi, Eva ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Carrying capacity; Evolutionary branching; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542479387     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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