The ecological virus
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- 作者：Maureen A. O'Malley maureen.omalley@u-bordeaux.fr" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Virus ecology ; Marine microbial ecology ; Marine food webs ; Biogeochemistry ; Biological agency
- 刊名：Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：October 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：59
- 期：Complete
- 页码：71-79
- 全文大小：764 K
文摘
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Ecological insight into marine viruses has changed models of food webs, by giving viruses an active role in them.
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Viruses are now understood as ecological agents contributing to planetary geochemical cycles.
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Ecological agency is not the same as individuated organismal agency: it is a distributed form of agency.
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‘Virocentric’ ecological perspectives cast fresh light on the meaning of ‘life’.