Are ecology and evolutionary biology "soft" sciences?

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 87-98

  Pigliucci, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0036299737     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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