Analysing hierarchy in the organization of biological and physical systems

Biological Reviews

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Jagers Op Akkerhuis, Gerard A J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biology; Closure; DICE approach; Ecology; Evolution; Hierarchy; Major transition; Operator hierarchy; System organization

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOLOGY; COSMOS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; PHYSICS; REVIEW; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGY; ELEMENTS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 38349070354     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2007.00023.x     Document Type: Review

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