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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |