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dc.contributor.author | Rohde, Klaus | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-11-24T13:38:00Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Rivista di Biologia, 101(1), p. 13-21 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1825-6538 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0035-6050 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/6912 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Woodley [2007] suggests that natural platonic laws may operate in ecosystems. He bases this claim on two kinds of "law-like behaviour" observed in nature: 1) adaptations towards specialization which can be looked at as typological lineage degeneration in which specialization makes species more sensitive to environmental perturbations; 2) occurrence of convergently evolved forms which suggest a limited number of niches or possible organismal body plans (Platonic moulds). In this paper, I critically review the evidence given by Woodley, concluding that "natural laws" may well exist in ecosystems, but that evidence for lineage degeneration as a "lawful" process in evolution from archetypes to more specialized forms which are more susceptible to environmental perturbations, and for filling of niche space, is faulty. "Vacant niche" is a valid and useful term, which draws attention to the non-saturation of niche space and non-equilibrium conditions in nature. | en |
dc.language | en | en |
dc.publisher | Tilgher-Genova | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Rivista di Biologia | en |
dc.title | Vacant Niches and the Possible Operation of Natural Laws in Ecosystems | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Zoology | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Klaus | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 060899 Zoology not elsewhere classified | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 970105 Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | en |
local.profile.school | School of Environmental and Rural Science | en |
local.profile.email | krohde@une.edu.au | en |
local.output.category | C1 | en |
local.record.place | au | en |
local.record.institution | University of New England | en |
local.identifier.epublicationsrecord | pes:6667 | en |
local.publisher.place | Italy | en |
local.format.startpage | 13 | en |
local.format.endpage | 21 | en |
local.peerreviewed | Yes | en |
local.identifier.volume | 101 | en |
local.identifier.issue | 1 | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Rohde | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:krohde | en |
local.booktitle.translated | Biology Forum | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.identifier.unepublicationid | une:7073 | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
local.title.maintitle | Vacant Niches and the Possible Operation of Natural Laws in Ecosystems | en |
local.output.categorydescription | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | en |
local.relation.url | http://www.tilgher.it/chrCorrelati/upload/doc/RB_Att._biol._20080630.pdf | en |
local.search.author | Rohde, Klaus | en |
local.uneassociation | Unknown | en |
local.year.published | 2008 | en |
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