Autonomy and process closure as the basis for functionality

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 901, Issue , 2000, Pages 280-290

  Collier, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENT; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENT; ETIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 0034114113     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06287.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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