Genetic variability in sensitivity to population density affects the dynamics of simple ecological models.

doi:10.1006/tpbi.1998.1385

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Genetic variability in sensitivity to population density affects the dynamics of simple ecological models.

Theoretical population biology - 1 Feb 1999

Doebeli M, de Jong G

Abstract excerpt

Many 1-dimensional discrete time ecological models contain a sensitivity parameter that does not affect the dynamic complexity of these models. We show that genetic variability in this parameter can have a strong effect on population dynamics. We incorporate ecological dynamics in two different p...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Chromosome Mapping
Ecology
Female
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Genotype
Humans
Male
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Nonlinear Dynamics
Polymorphism, Genetic
Population Density
Selection, Genetic

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