This thesis is an investigation of the niche concept and of some related major theoretical frameworks: the niche theory and neutral theory in ecology, the niche construction theory in evolutionary biology, and stem cell niche in intra-organism ecology. The first chapter traces the history of the niche concept and compares the niche theory to a competing theory, the neutral theory. The niche concept appears to be an explanans of species diversity and ecosystem structure. The second chapter compares the standard evolutionary theory to the theory of niche construction, in which an organism can affect its environment and thus influence the selection to come. We show how to characterize this confrontation in terms of time scales of processes inv...
Niche construction is the process whereby organisms, through their activities and choices, modify th...
All living organisms modify their biotic and abiotic environment. Niche construction theory posits t...
Niche construction theory regards organisms not only as the object of natural selection but also an ...
The ecological niche of an organism correponds to the biotic and abiotic environment in which it evo...
The niche concept in ecology can be approached either empirically or theoretically. The emphasis is ...
Niche construction is the process of environmental modification by organisms. By transforming natura...
La niche écologique d'un organisme correspond à l'environnement biotique et abiotique dans lequel il...
The ecological niche is key to our understanding of trophic interactions, species distributions, tra...
Niche construction refers to the modification of selective environments by organisms. Theoretical an...
In concluding the discussions of the Montpellier symposium, the author emphasizes some of the operat...
The seemingly innocent observation that the activities of organisms bring about changes in environme...
In evolutionary biology, niche construction is sometimes described as a genuine evolutionary process...
Trappes R. Defining the niche for niche construction: evolutionary and ecological niches. Biology &a...
By over-focusing on precise definitions, ecology has produced a confused idea of the niche concept. ...
Organisms modify their environment through their activities and by doing so, they modify evolutionar...
Niche construction is the process whereby organisms, through their activities and choices, modify th...
All living organisms modify their biotic and abiotic environment. Niche construction theory posits t...
Niche construction theory regards organisms not only as the object of natural selection but also an ...
The ecological niche of an organism correponds to the biotic and abiotic environment in which it evo...
The niche concept in ecology can be approached either empirically or theoretically. The emphasis is ...
Niche construction is the process of environmental modification by organisms. By transforming natura...
La niche écologique d'un organisme correspond à l'environnement biotique et abiotique dans lequel il...
The ecological niche is key to our understanding of trophic interactions, species distributions, tra...
Niche construction refers to the modification of selective environments by organisms. Theoretical an...
In concluding the discussions of the Montpellier symposium, the author emphasizes some of the operat...
The seemingly innocent observation that the activities of organisms bring about changes in environme...
In evolutionary biology, niche construction is sometimes described as a genuine evolutionary process...
Trappes R. Defining the niche for niche construction: evolutionary and ecological niches. Biology &a...
By over-focusing on precise definitions, ecology has produced a confused idea of the niche concept. ...
Organisms modify their environment through their activities and by doing so, they modify evolutionar...
Niche construction is the process whereby organisms, through their activities and choices, modify th...
All living organisms modify their biotic and abiotic environment. Niche construction theory posits t...
Niche construction theory regards organisms not only as the object of natural selection but also an ...