Preemptive spatial competition under a reproduction–mortality constraint

• Published in: Journal of theoretical biology Vol. 258; no. 4; pp. 537 - 549
• Main Authors: Allstadt, Andrew, Caraco, Thomas, Korniss, G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 21.06.2009
• Subjects: Animals; Competitive Behavior; Ecology; Invasion analysis; Models, Biological; Models, Statistical; Mortality; Phenotype; Phenotypic evolution; Propagation–mortality constraint; Reproduction; Selection, Genetic; Spatial competition; Spatial competition; Propagation–mortality constraint; Phenotypic evolution; Invasion analysis

Spatially structured ecological interactions can shape selection pressures experienced by a population's different phenotypes. We study spatial competition between phenotypes subject to antagonistic pleiotropy between reproductive effort and mortality rate. The constraint we invoke reflects a p...