A different model to explain delayed germination

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-190

  Metz, J A J ^a,b,c   Klinkhamer, Peter G L ^d   De Jong, Tom J ^d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Delayed germination; Levins' fitness set; Life stages; Optimization principle

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650705966     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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