Habitat Templets and the Changing Worldview of Ecology

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 375-393

  Korfiatis, K J ^a   Stamou, G P ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ecological worldview; Habitat templets; Models; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001443530     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006543127454     Document Type: Article

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