Allied sciences and fundamental problems: C.C. Adams and the search for method in early American ecology

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 439-463

  Ilerbaig, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal ecology; Biogeography; C.C. Adams; History of ecology; Method in ecology; Natural historical sciences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033495526     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004737021541     Document Type: Article

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