The reality of ecological assemblages: A palaeo-ecological puzzle

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 437-461

  Sterelny, Kim ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Co ordinated stasis; Community; Competition; Competitive exclusion; Ecological locking; Niche; Palaeoecology; Pleistocene paradox; Stablising selection; Stasis; Turn over pulse

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY;

EID: 0034771533     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011972529013     Document Type: Article

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