The evolutionary basis of rigidity: Locks in cells, minds, and society

Ecology and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Scheffer, Marten ^a   Westley, Frances R ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity in humans

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; INNOVATION;

EID: 41249102399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02275-120236     Document Type: Article

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