Ecosystems and the biosphere as complex adaptive systems

Ecosystems

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 431-436

  Levin, Simon A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex adaptive system; Functional group; Gaia; Homeostasis; Keystone species; Nonlinearity; Self organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000519269     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100219900037     Document Type: Article

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