Entropy, or Information, Unifies Ecology and Evolution and Beyond
This article discusses how entropy/information methods are well-suited to analyzing and forecasting the four processes of innovation, transmission, movement, and adaptation, which are the common basis to ecology and evolution. Macroecologists study assemblages of differing species, whereas micro-evo...
Main Author: | William Bruce Sherwin |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-09-01
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Series: | Entropy |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/20/10/727 |
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