A spatially explicit model for competition among specialists and generalists in a heterogeneous environment

Annals of Applied Probability

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1385-1410

  Lanchier, N ^a   Neuhauser, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalist; Multitype contact process in heterogeneous environment; Specialist

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750495782     PISSN: 10505164     EISSN: 10505164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000394     Document Type: Article

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