Theoretical biology as an anticipatory text: The relevance of Uexküll to current issues in evolutionary systems

Semiotica

Volumn 134, Issue , 2001, Pages 359-380

  Salthe, Stanley N ^a  

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EID: 0012243313     PISSN: 00371998     EISSN: 16133692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/semi.2001.033     Document Type: Article

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