Macroecology and consilience

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 275-280

  Maurer, B A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Community ecology; Consilience; Ecology; Ecosystems; Evolutionary biology; Fossils; Macroecology; Macroevolution; Palaeontology

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MACROECOLOGY;

EID: 0033838404     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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