Diversity, dilemmas, and monopolies of niche construction

American Naturalist

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-40

  Krakauer, David C ^a   Page, Karen M ^b   Erwin, Douglas H ^a,c  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Division of labor; Ecosystem engineering; Evodevo; Extended phenotypes; Niche construction

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; REPRODUCTION;

ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 58749100309     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593707     Document Type: Article

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