The evolutionary palaeoecology of species and the tragedy of the commons

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 147-150

  Roopnarine, Peter D ^a   Angielczyk, Kenneth D ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex adaptive systems; Complexity; Palaeocommunity; Tragedy of the commons

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMPLEXITY; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOECOLOGY; PERMIAN; RESOURCE USE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRIASSIC; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 84856238287     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0662     Document Type: Article

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