Natural selection of life history attributes: An analytical approach

DOI10.1016/0040-5809(74)90053-7zbMath0289.92027OpenAlexW2040635757WikidataQ69744748 ScholiaQ69744748MaRDI QIDQ1211001

Robert S. Gourley, Charles E. Lawrence, Howard M. Taylor, Robert S. Kaplan

Publication date: 1974

Published in: Theoretical Population Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-5809(74)90053-7

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of branching processes (60J85) Population dynamics (general) (92D25)

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