To be, or to be essentially the same: The 'self-identity of ecological units'

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 298-299

  Grimm, V ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; IDENTITY; NOMENCLATURE; NOTE;

EID: 0031847914     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01421-9     Document Type: Article

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