This paper describes the coevolution of phenotypes in a community comprising a population of predators and of prey. It is shown that evolutionary cycling is a likely outcome of the process. The dynamical systems on which this description is based are constructed from microscopic stochastic birth and
Optimal avoidance and evasion tactics in predator-prey interactions
β Scribed by D. Weihs; P.W. Webb
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 857 KB
- Volume
- 106
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5193
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