Spatial competition and the dynamics of rarity in a temporally varying environment

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-305

  O'Malley, Lauren ^a   Korniss, G ^a   Mungara, Sai Satya Praveen ^b   Caraco, Thomas ^c  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b State University of New York   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological invasion; Nucleation; Population dynamic timescale; Spatial competition; Stochastic resonance; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951947605     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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