Darwinian selection leads to Gaia

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-46

  Staley, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GAIA THEORY; NATURAL SELECTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THEORY;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; DARWINIA;

EID: 0036403809     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2002.3059     Document Type: Article

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