Towards a processual microbial ontology

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 379-404

  Bapteste, Eric ^a   Dupré, John ^b  

^a Université Pierre et Marie Curie ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microbial evolution; Network; Ontology; Process philosophy; Tree of life

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY;

EID: 84874578582     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-012-9350-2     Document Type: Review

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