Evolutionary regime shifts in simulated ecosystems

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1887-1899

  Williams, Hywel T P ^a   Lenton, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; LOCAL ADAPTATION;

EID: 78649436404     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18127.x     Document Type: Article

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