Holism vs. reductionism: Do ecosystem ecology and landscape ecology clarify the debate

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 185-206

  Bergandi, Donato ^a,b   Blandin, Patrick ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Laboratoire d'Ecologie Generale   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; HOLISTIC APPROACH; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY;

EID: 0032410225     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001716624350     Document Type: Conference Paper

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