The role of experimental microcosms in ecological research

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 478-481

  Fraser, Lauchlan H ^a   Keddy, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH; MICROCOSM EXPERIMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; COMMUNITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; MYCORRHIZA; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031409860     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(97)01220-2     Document Type: Review

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