The evolution of resource adaptation: How generalist and specialist consumers evolve

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1111-1123

  Ma, Junling ^a   Levin, Simon A ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Evolutionary branching; Generalist; Resource adaptation; Specialist

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; MATHEMATICS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33746876648     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-006-9096-6     Document Type: Article

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