The good, the bad and the reified

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-13

  Slobodkin, L B ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

'Good' and 'bad' species; Alien species; Community aeroplane; Ecological efficiency; Logistic equation; Reification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002042374     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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