Surrounding space: The ontology of organism-environment relations

Theory in Biosciences

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-162

  Smith, Barry ^a   Varzi, Achille C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary; Environment; Evolution; Niche; Ontology

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE;

GOES;

EID: 0036689448     PISSN: 14317613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12064-002-0017-4     Document Type: Article

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