Rules of thumb for judging ecological theories

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 121-126

  Ginzburg, Lev R ^a   Jensen, Christopher X J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; PREDATION;

EID: 1242277374     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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