Natural selection, Gaia, and inadvertent by-products: A reply to Lenton and Wilkinson's response

Climatic Change

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 13-19

  Volk, Tyler ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDBACK; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS;

REGULATORY FEEDBACKS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GAIA THEORY; NATURAL SELECTION; NITROGEN FIXATION;

EID: 0037837265     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023463510624     Document Type: Review

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