Optimal defense strategies in an idealized microbial food web under trade-off between competition and defense

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Våge, Selina ^a   Storesund, Julia E ^a   Giske, Jarl ^a   Thingstad, T Frede ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOTA; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MICROBIOLOGY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84904389919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101415     Document Type: Article

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