Population dynamics of Batesian mimicry under interspecific competition

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 591-604

  Kumazawa, Fuga ^a,b   Asami, Takahiro ^b   Hayashi, Tarou ^a   Yoshimura, Jin ^a,c,d  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Batesian mimicry; Frequency dependence; Lotka Volterra competition; Predation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646739369     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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