Robustness as a non-localizable relational phenomenon

Biological Reviews

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 552-567

  Fernandez Leon, Jose A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive behaviour; Bioinspiration; Biological robustness; Dynamical systems; Minimal cognition; Theoretical biology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84904134424     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12067     Document Type: Article

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