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9.6.3 Boundaries
In nature strong boundaries exists to achieve functional separations and transitions between different
systems. Between different phenomena there is the area of interaction from one zone to the other. A
good example is the wall of a plant cell, a thick structure where the flow in and out of the cell is controlled. Yet, the plant cell wall creates a definite boundary between itself and other cells in a multicellular structure. Another example is the landscape of a river (Fig. 9.10), where the banks of the river
Fig. 9.8 Structure of biological organisation evident in the levels of scale as noted in the structures of a tree. (Drawing
by Jesse Delmo, synthesised by Roös)
9.6 Fifteen Fundamental Properties
9.6.3 Boundaries
In nature strong boundaries exists to achieve functional separations and transitions between different
systems. Between different phenomena there is the area of interaction from one zone to the other. A
good example is the wall of a plant cell, a thick structure where the flow in and out of the cell is controlled. Yet, the plant cell wall creates a definite boundary between itself and other cells in a multicellular structure. Another example is the landscape of a river (Fig. 9.10), where the banks of the river
Fig. 9.8 Structure of biological organisation evident in the levels of scale as noted in the structures of a tree. (Drawing
by Jesse Delmo, synthesised by Roös)
9.6 Fifteen Fundamental Properties