Community ecology: A new theory and an illustrative test

Human Ecology Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 31-40

  Young, Frank W ^a   Minai, Keiko ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b KIBI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Environment; Organizations; Population health; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036961354     PISSN: 10744827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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