Niche construction, co-evolution and biodiversity

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 731-736

  Laland, Kevin N ^a   Boogert, Neeltje J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Conservation; Ecological inheritance; Ecosystem engineering; Evolution; Niche construction

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COEVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; NICHE PARTITIONING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

EID: 74449091052     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.11.014     Document Type: Article

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