An evolutionary maximum principle for density-dependent population dynamics in a fluctuating environment

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1523, 2009, Pages 1511-1518

  Lande, Russell ^a,b   Engen, Steinar ^b   Sæther, Bernt Erik ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Density dependent selection; Environmental stochasticity; Expected fitness; Genetic trade off; R and K selection; logistic model

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE;

EID: 67449116837     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0017     Document Type: Article

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