Is it time to bury the ecosystem concept? (with full military honors, of course!)

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3275-3284

  O'Neill, R V ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Ecosystem stability; Ecosystem theory; Ecotone; Homo sapiens; Natural selection; System dynamics; Systems Analysis

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; PARADIGM SHIFT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

HOMO; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 0035663040     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2680151     Document Type: Review

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