An introduction to niche construction theory

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 191-202

  Laland, Kevin ^a   Matthews, Blake ^b   Feldman, Marcus W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural niche construction; Ecological inheritance; Ecosystem engineering; Niche construction; Niche construction theory

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; NICHE; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHENOTYPE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84957589842     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-016-9821-z     Document Type: Article

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