Group Selection in Predator-Prey Communities
(Book #9 in the Monographs in Population Biology Series)
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Many animals regulate their population density by patterns of behavior that would be easy to explain if the forces of natural selection acted to optimize group properties. But Darwinian selection acts on individuals, not groups, and most simple theories have shown group selection to be too slow ever to oppose individual selection successfully. In this book Michael Gilpin presents a model, based on predator-prey dynamics, wherein nonlinear effects...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0691081611
ISBN13:9780691081618
Release Date:July 1975
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Length:124 Pages
Weight:0.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 5.6" x 8.7"
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