, reproductive value, soft selectionAbstract Structural complexity characterizes our representations of dissipative structures. As a mechanistic concept, when referred to natural s...
The Nature Reserve Selection Problem is a problem that arises in the context of studying biodiversity conservation. Subject to budgetary constraints, the problem is to select a set...
Using biological examples and theoretical arguments, the case is presented for extending the notion of natural selection to include internal selection in order to account for the e...