Does natural selection organize ecosystems for the maintenance of high productivity and diversity?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1421, 2002, Pages 709-718

  Leigh Jr , Egbert Giles ^a   Vermeij, Geerat Jacobus ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Adam Smith; Economics; Ecosystems; Evolution of diversity; Evolution of productivity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; HUMAN; INSECTS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); TREES; ANIMALS; HUMANS;

ANIMAL; ASTRONOMY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; INSECT; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREE;

EID: 0037193553     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2001.0990     Document Type: Article

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