Niche construction, innovation and complexity

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Volumn 11, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-86

  Laland, Kevin N ^a   Boogert, Neeltje ^a   Evans, Cara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural niche construction; Ecological inheritance; Evolutionary economics; Legacy effects; Societal transitions

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; CONSTRUCTION; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; HUMAN EVOLUTION; INNOVATION; NATURAL SELECTION; COEVOLUTION; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RESOURCE USE;

EID: 84901456650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22104224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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