On the evolution of specialization with a mechanistic underpinning in structured metapopulations

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 222-243

  Nurmi, Tuomas ^a   Parvinen, Kalle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Evolution; Generalist; Metapopulation; Resource utilization; Specialist; Specialization; Trade off

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMIGRATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENERALIST; HETEROGENEITY; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION MODELING; RESOURCE USE; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION; TRADE-OFF;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FINLAND; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FINLAND; LEPIDOPTERA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 39149083726     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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