The legacy of Robert MacArthur: From geographical ecology to macroecology

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 333-344

  Brown, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Macroecology; Mathematical models; Robert MacArthur; Theoretical ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005503984     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383283     Document Type: Article

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