On the breadth and significance of niche construction: A reply to Griffiths, Okasha and Sterelny

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-55

  Laland, Kevin N ^a   Odling Smee, John ^b   Feldman, Marcus W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological inheritance; Ecosystem engineering; Evolution; Inheritance; Niche construction; Semantic information

Indexed keywords

NICHE;

EID: 21444445373     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-004-6834-8     Document Type: Article

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