Optimal control and cold war dynamics between plant and herbivore

American Naturalist

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Low, Candace ^a   Ellner, Stephen P ^a   Holden, Matthew H ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Game theory; Leaf economics; Nash equilibrium; Phenology; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GAME THEORY; HERBIVORY; NATURAL ENEMY; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOPERIOD; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HERBIVORY; MOTH; NYSSA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HERBIVORY; MODELS, GENETIC; MOTHS; NYSSA;

EID: 84880090553     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670810     Document Type: Article

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