Density-dependent selection in a random environment: An evolutionary process that can maintain stable population dynamics
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Density-dependent selection in a random environment: An evolutionary process that can maintain stable population dynamics.
A theoretical analysis of natural selection is presented in which fitnesses depend on population density and randomly varying environmental processes. The theory is based on a general, heuristic analysis of a pair of coupled, nonlinear, stochastic difference equations that describe the joint dynamics of allele frequencies and population size. Four main conclusions emerge from the investigation ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.77.12.7501