盖亚与自然选择。

Gaia and natural selection.

作者信息

Lenton T M

机构信息

School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

出版信息

Nature. 1998 Jul 30;394(6692):439-47. doi: 10.1038/28792.

DOI:10.1038/28792

PMID:9697767

Abstract

Evidence indicates that the Earth self-regulates at a state that is tolerated by life, but why should the organisms that leave the most descendants be the ones that contribute to regulating their planetary environment? The evolving Gaia theory focuses on the feedback mechanisms, stemming from naturally selected traits of organisms, that could generate such self-regulation.

摘要

有证据表明，地球会自我调节到一个生命能够容忍的状态，但是为什么留下最多后代的生物会是那些有助于调节其行星环境的生物呢？不断发展的盖亚理论关注的是源于生物自然选择特征的反馈机制，这些机制能够产生这种自我调节。