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An alternating active-dormitive strategy enables disadvantaged prey to outcompete the perennially active prey through Parrondo’s paradox

BACKGROUND: Dormancy is widespread in nature, but while it can be an effective adaptive strategy in fluctuating environments, the dormant forms are costly due to the inability to breed and the relatively high energy consumption. We explore mathematical models of predator-prey systems, in order to as...

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Autores principales: Wen, Tao, Koonin, Eugene V., Cheong, Kang Hao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8383410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34425802
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-01097-y