Complex dynamics of life at different scales: From genomic to global environmental issues

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1933, 2010, Pages 5561-5568

  Anteneodo, C ^a   Da Luz, M G E ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Complexity; Life organization; Life systems; Living organisms; Nonlinearity in life dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENES;

COMPLEXITY; LIFE ORGANIZATION; LIFE SYSTEMS; LIVING ORGANISMS; NON-LINEARITY;

DYNAMICS;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LIFE; PREDATION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LIFE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 78650497437     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0286     Document Type: Review

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