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Maximum entropy production and plant optimization theories

Date

Authors

Dewar, Roderick

Publisher

Royal Society of London

Abstract

Plant ecologists have proposed a variety of optimization theories to explain the adaptive behaviour and evolution of plants from the perspective of natural selection ('survival of the fittest'). Optimization theories identify some objective function such

Keywords

Keywords: adaptation; ecological theory; evolution; evolutionary theory; fitness; life history trait; maximum entropy analysis; natural selection; optimization; plant community; survival; adaptation; article; chemical model; ecosystem; entropy; evolution; genetic s Entropy production; Natural selection; Optimization; Plants

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/31268

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1098/rstb.2009.0293

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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