Symbiotic physiology promotes homeostasis in Daisyworld

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 274, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 170-182

  Boyle, Richard A ^a   Lenton, Timothy M ^a   Watson, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altruism; Daisyworld; Gaia hypothesis; Homeostasis; Major transitions in evolution; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FITNESS; GAIA THEORY; GENOTYPE; HOMEOSTASIS; MUTUALISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STOICHIOMETRY; SYMBIOSIS; TOLERANCE;

ARTICLE; BIOTA; COOPERATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FITNESS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; NATURAL SELECTION; OSCILLATION; PLANT WATER POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ALTRUISM; ASTERACEAE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOTA; CLIMATE; COLD TEMPERATURE; HOMEOSTASIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

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EID: 79551523365     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.12.042     Document Type: Article

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