Game theory and plant ecology

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 545-555

  Mcnickle, Gordon G ^a   Dybzinski, Ray ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological markets theory; Competition; Evolution; Evolutionarily stable strategy; Frequency dependence; Game theory; Herbivore defence; Herbivory; Mutualism; Optimal allocation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT COMMUNITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; GAME; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ECOLOGY; GAME THEORY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS;

EID: 84875529761     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12071     Document Type: Article

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