Criticality and scaling in evolutionary ecology

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 156-160

  Solé, Ricard V ^a   Manrubia, Susanna C ^b   Benton, Michael ^c   Kauffman, Stuart ^d   Per, Bak ^e  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INSTABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BIOSPHERE; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; EVOLUTION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA VIRUS;

RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0033120088     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01518-3     Document Type: Note

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