When does evolution optimize?

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 629-654

  Metz, J A J ^a,b,c,f   Mylius, S D ^d   Diekmann, O ^e  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eco evolutionary feedback; Environmental dimension; Evolutionary optimization; Invasion fitness; Life history theory; R 0 optimization; R optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 51949093624     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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