TY - JOUR
T1 - On boundaries
AU - Cabrera-Febola, Walter
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Los autores.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The exchange of information between natural entities is made through boundaries, this begs for a systematic study of them which so far has been lacking. Here, such study is provided, thus it begins by establishing a general conceptualization of boundary, which has been stated in a previous paper by the author, followed by the identification of some kind of boundaries. Thus, interface, limit, border and some of its kinds, and barrier are identified and conceptualized. Then, a partial study of some of the conceptualized boundaries is provided trying to analyze them as much as possible. Finally, a general discussion on the existence and importance of boundaries is given remarking the generality and robustness of the concept of boundary and its different kinds, hence its utility in science and technology is appreciated.
AB - The exchange of information between natural entities is made through boundaries, this begs for a systematic study of them which so far has been lacking. Here, such study is provided, thus it begins by establishing a general conceptualization of boundary, which has been stated in a previous paper by the author, followed by the identification of some kind of boundaries. Thus, interface, limit, border and some of its kinds, and barrier are identified and conceptualized. Then, a partial study of some of the conceptualized boundaries is provided trying to analyze them as much as possible. Finally, a general discussion on the existence and importance of boundaries is given remarking the generality and robustness of the concept of boundary and its different kinds, hence its utility in science and technology is appreciated.
KW - Barrier
KW - Border
KW - Boundary
KW - Ecotone
KW - Interface
KW - Natural structure
KW - Surface
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U2 - 10.15381/rpb.v21i2.9827
DO - 10.15381/rpb.v21i2.9827
M3 - Artículo de revisión
AN - SCOPUS:84907995389
SN - 1561-0837
VL - 21
SP - 193
EP - 198
JO - Revista Peruana de Biologia
JF - Revista Peruana de Biologia
IS - 2
ER -