Rethinking adaptation: The niche-construction perspective

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 80-95

  Day, Rachel L ^a,b   Laland, Kevin N ^a,b   Odling Smee, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY; EVOLUTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL GENETICS; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0037413055     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2003.0003     Document Type: Review

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