Effects of hypothetical developmental barriers and abrupt environmental changes on adaptive walks in a computer-generated domain for early vascular land plants

Paleobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-76

  Niklas, Karl J ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE WALK; DEVELOPMENT BARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

EID: 0030756772     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S009483730001664X     Document Type: Article

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