Environmental regulation can arise under minimal assumptions

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 251, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 653-666

  McDonald Gibson, J ^a   Dyke, J G ^a   Di Paolo, E A ^a   Harvey, I R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co evolution; Daisyworld; Gaia; Niche construction; Rein control

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MODEL; MUTATION; NICHE; REGULATORY APPROACH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBPOPULATION;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLOBAL CHANGE; MUTATION; OSCILLATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 41049105628     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.12.016     Document Type: Article

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