Towards a theory of ecosystems

Summary

It is argued that modularity enables ecosystem emergence as it allows a set of distinct yet interdependent organizations to coordinate without full hierarchical fiat, and at the core of ecosystems lie nongeneric complementarities, and the creation of sets of roles that face similar rules.

Keywords

Interdependence, Modularity (biology), Ecosystem, Mainstream, Set (abstract data type)

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