Niche width theory reappraised

Journal of Mathematical Sociology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 201-220

  Bruggeman, Jeroen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Formalization; Logic; Organizational ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031509745     PISSN: 0022250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0022250X.1997.9990201     Document Type: Article

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