Vicious circles: positive feedback in major evolutionary and ecological transitions

• 31 December 2004
• journal article
• Published by Elsevier in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
• Vol. 19  (12) , 627-633
• https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2004.10.001

Abstract

Keywords

• THE PEACOCK'S TAIL
• THE HUMAN BRAIN
• THE EXTINCTION OF PASSENGER PIGEONS AND THE INFESTATION OF OUR GENOMES BY
• SPECIES DIVERSITY
• FEEDBACK LOOP
• POPULATION DYNAMIC
• GENETICS
• POPULATION SIZE
• NEGATIVE FEEDBACK
• EVOLUTION OF SEX
• LIFE HISTORY
• MATING SYSTEM
• EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY
• POSITIVE FEEDBACK
• EMPIRICAL STUDY
• EQUILIBRIUM STATE