Situatedness and problematic boundaries: Conceptualizing life's complex ecological context

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 521-532

  Taylor, Peter ^a   Haila, Yrjö ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boundary; Complexity; Ecology; History; Models; Scale; Situatedness

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOLOGY;

EID: 0034777507     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011957913992     Document Type: Article

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