Ecosphere, biosphere, or Gaia? What to call the global ecosystem

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 425-431

  Huggett, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosphere; Ecosphere; Extraterrestrial ecospheres; Gaia; Global ecosystem; Global organism; Teilhard de Chardin; Vernadsky

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0033513286     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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