The Emergence of Environmental Homeostasis in Complex Ecosystems

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Dyke, James G ^a   Weaver, Iain S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SYSTEM MODELS; FEEDBACK; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PHYSIOLOGY; SYSTEM STABILITY;

ANTHROPIC PRINCIPLE; BIOTICS; COMPLEX ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDBACK LOOPS; HOMOEOSTASIS; LIQUID WATER; MAGNETIC-FIELD; SELF-ORGANIZE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WATER DYNAMICS;

EARTH (PLANET);

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CYBERNETICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HOMEOSTASIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PROBABILITY;

EID: 84878508811     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003050     Document Type: Article

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