The evolution of intermittent breeding

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 66, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 685-703

  Shaw, Allison K ^a,b   Levin, Simon A ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolutionarily stable strategy; Intermittent breeding; Low frequency reproduction; Skipped spawning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874205749     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-012-0603-0     Document Type: Article

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