Punctuated equilibrium as an emergent process and its modified thermodynamic characterization

DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2016.10.008zbMath1368.92204OpenAlexW2544851518WikidataQ46443847 ScholiaQ46443847MaRDI QIDQ2013520

M. E. Wosniack, M. G. E. da Luz, Lawrence S. Schulman

Publication date: 8 August 2017

Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2016.10.008

zbMATH Keywords

statistical mechanicspunctuated equilibriummacroevolutioncomplex systems thermodynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Problems related to evolution (92D15) Ecology (92D40)

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