Rapid prey evolution and the dynamics of two-predator food webs

Theoretical Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-152

  Ellner, Stephen P ^a   Becks, Lutz ^a,b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chaos; Chemostat; Consumer resource; Cycles; Eco evolutionary dynamics; Predator prey; Rapid evolution

Indexed keywords

CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; CHEMOSTAT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FOOD WEB; GENOTYPE; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

EID: 79954882416     PISSN: 18741738     EISSN: 18741746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12080-010-0096-7     Document Type: Article

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