The rise of the concept of scale in ecology

BioScience

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 545-553

  Schneider, D C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

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EID: 0034909123     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0545:TROTCO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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