Environmental Grain, Organism Fitness, and Type Fitness

History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages 127-151

  Abrams, Marshall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental Circumstance; Environmental Variation; House Sparrow; Natural Selection; Niche Construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85070492843     PISSN: 22111948     EISSN: 22111956     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7067-6_7     Document Type: Chapter

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