The evolution of resource specialization through frequency-dependent and frequency-independent mechanisms

American Naturalist

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-93

  Rueffler, Claus ^a,c   Van Dooren, Tom J M ^a   Metz, Johan A J ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evolutionary branching; Frequency dependent selection; Generalist; Specialist; Trade off

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GENERALIST; RESOURCE USE; SELECTION; SPECIALIST;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 29844433140     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/498275     Document Type: Article

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