The ecosystem as a multidimensional concept: Meaning, model, and metaphor

Ecosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-10

  Pickett, S T A ^a   Cadenasso, M L ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem concept; Ecosystem definition; Metaphor; Model; Specification; Values

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 0036460356     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-001-0051-y     Document Type: Review

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