The Functions of Living Substances in the Biosphere

Modernized definition of the term "pheromones", comments on some new concepts.

 

A new modernized definition of the term "pheromones"; comments on the new concepts that were proposed by the author, namely ecological chemomediators, ecological chemoregulators, ecological chemoeffectors.

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Ostroumov S.A. The Functions of Living Substances in the Biosphere. - HERALD OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 2003, 73 (2): 164-169
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-functions-of-living-substances-in.html

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Key words:
biosphere, new concepts, ecology, biology, V.I.Vernadsky, living matter, biogeochemistry, new modernized definition, terminology, pheromones, ecological chemomediators, ecological chemoregulators, ecological chemoeffectors

Ключевые слова:

биосфера, новые концепции, экология, биология, В.И. Вернадский, живое вещество, биогеохимия, новые модернизированные определения, терминология, феромоны, экологические хемомедиаторы, экологические хеморегуляторы, экологические хемоэффекторы

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