--- _id: '4246' abstract: - lang: eng text: Gaia theory, which describes the life–environment system of the Earth as stable and self-regulating, has remained at the fringes of mainstream biological science owing to its historically inadequate definition and apparent incompatibility with individual-level natural selection. The key issue is whether and why the biosphere might tend towards stability and self-regulation. We review the various ways in which these issues have been addressed by evolutionary and ecological theory, and relate these to ‘Gaia theory’. We then ask how this theory extends the perspectives offered by these disciplines, and how it might be tested by novel modelling approaches and laboratory experiments using emergent technologies. author: - first_name: Andrew full_name: Free, Andrew last_name: Free - first_name: Nicholas H full_name: Nicholas Barton id: 4880FE40-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Barton orcid: 0000-0002-8548-5240 citation: ama: Free A, Barton NH. Do evolution and ecology need the Gaia hypothesis? Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 2007;22(11):611-619. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2007.07.007 apa: Free, A., & Barton, N. H. (2007). Do evolution and ecology need the Gaia hypothesis? Trends in Ecology and Evolution. Cell Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2007.07.007 chicago: Free, Andrew, and Nicholas H Barton. “Do Evolution and Ecology Need the Gaia Hypothesis?” Trends in Ecology and Evolution. Cell Press, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2007.07.007. ieee: A. Free and N. H. Barton, “Do evolution and ecology need the Gaia hypothesis?,” Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 22, no. 11. Cell Press, pp. 611–619, 2007. ista: Free A, Barton NH. 2007. Do evolution and ecology need the Gaia hypothesis? Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 22(11), 611–619. mla: Free, Andrew, and Nicholas H. Barton. “Do Evolution and Ecology Need the Gaia Hypothesis?” Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 22, no. 11, Cell Press, 2007, pp. 611–19, doi:10.1016/j.tree.2007.07.007. short: A. Free, N.H. Barton, Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22 (2007) 611–619. date_created: 2018-12-11T12:07:49Z date_published: 2007-11-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:55:35Z day: '01' doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2007.07.007 extern: 1 intvolume: ' 22' issue: '11' month: '11' page: 611 - 619 publication: Trends in Ecology and Evolution publication_status: published publisher: Cell Press publist_id: '1856' quality_controlled: 0 status: public title: Do evolution and ecology need the Gaia hypothesis? type: journal_article volume: 22 year: '2007' ...