The role of water in the information exchange between the components of an ecosystem

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2869-2877

  Brizhik, Larissa S ^a,b   Del Giudice, Emilio ^b   Tedeschi, Alberto ^c   Voeikov, Vladimir L ^b,d  

^a BOGOLYUBOV INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

^b IIB   (Germany)

^c WHITE HB   (Italy)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biological information; Charge transport; Coherence; Ecosystems; Electromagnetic field; Phase interaction; Ratchet phenomenon; Soliton; Water

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION; EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; LIVING ORGANISMS; PHASE INTERACTIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RATCHET PHENOMENON; ROLE OF WATER; WEAK SIGNALS;

BIOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SOLITONS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SIGNAL; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER STRESS;

EID: 80051470734     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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