The form of a trade-off determines the response to competition

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1267-1276

  Maharjan, Ram ^a   Nilsson, Susanna ^b,e   Sung, Judy ^a   Haynes, Ken ^c   Beardmore, Robert E ^c   Hurst, Laurence D ^d   Ferenci, Tom ^a   Gudelj, Ivana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^e ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experimental ecology; Mathematical models; Microorganisms; Resource allocation; Stress responses; Synthetic ecology; Trade off shapes; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTAL ECOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROORGANISMS; PHYSIOLOGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRESS RESPONSES; SYNTHETIC ECOLOGY; TRADE-OFF SHAPES; TRADE-OFFS;

EXPERIMENTAL ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRESS RESPONSES; SYNTHETIC ECOLOGY; TRADE-OFF SHAPES; TRADE-OFFS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 84883792620     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12159     Document Type: Article

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