Switching strategies, population dynamics, and mechanisms of co-existence in food webs with Jekyll-and-Hyde species

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 495-511

  Orlando, Paul A ^a   Brown, Joel S ^a   Buhse Jr , Howard E ^a   Whelan, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Intra guild predation; Mechanism of co existence; Phenotypic switching; Trophic polymorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863045859     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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