Allee effects and the evolution of polymorphism in cyclic parthenogens

American Naturalist

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Castel, Magda ^a,b   Mailleret, Ludovic ^a,c,d,e   Andrivon, Didier ^f   Ravigné, Virginie ^g   Hamelin, Frédéric M ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^e INRIA   (France)

^f Universite Rennes 1   (France)

^g Centre de Coopération Internationale de Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement   (France)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Dual reproductive modes; Evolutionary extinction; Seasonality; Strong Allee effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FUNGI; GENETIC FITNESS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

EID: 84894325749     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/674828     Document Type: Article

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