Black Swans in ecology and evolution: The importance of improbable but highly influential events

The role of improbable but highly influential events in ecology and evolution is poorly understood. Recent works in economics and finance emphasize the importance that these events, so-called Black Swans, can have for the behavior, predictability and ultimately understanding of complex economic sys...

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Main Authors: Martin Nuñez, Ramiro Logares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Queen's University 2012-07-01
Series:Ideas in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/IEE/article/view/4311