Biology provides the deepest source of strategy metaphors because both deal with the same problem: how entities survive, reproduce, and compete for scarce resources under selection pressure. Munger's latticework includes evolutionary thinking; this list makes it concrete.
Evolution and Adaptation
The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins · Book
Gene-level selection and replicator dynamics—structural framework for understanding why entities compete.
On the Origin of Species (selected)
Charles Darwin · Primary Document
Natural selection as competitive mechanism—the foundation that all evolutionary strategy derives from.
Ecology and Systems
The Diversity of Life
Edward O. Wilson · Book
Biodiversity as system resilience—applicable to portfolio theory and ecosystem strategy.
The Ecology of Commerce
Paul Hawken · Book
Business redesigned using ecological principles—regenerative economics framework.
Applied Evolutionary Thinking
The Red Queen
Matt Ridley · Book
Arms race dynamics in evolution—structural analogue to competitive escalation in markets.