Domestication as a model system for niche construction theory

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 325-348

  Zeder, Melinda A ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Co evolution; Cooperation; Domestication; Ecological Inheritance; Extended Evolutionary Synthesis; Niche Construction Theory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COEVOLUTION; DOMESTICATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; NICHE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT; SELECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84962382678     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-015-9801-8     Document Type: Article

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