The self-identity of ecological units

Oikos

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 253-264

  Jax, Kurt ^a,b   Jones, Clive G ^c   Pickett, Steward T A ^c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL UNIT; IDENTIFICATION; SELF-IDENTITY;

EID: 0031814197     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546965     Document Type: Article

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