The bridge between diversity and adaptivity: Answering McIntosh and Jeffrey

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-23

  Rammel, Christian ^a   Staudinger, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

(co) evolution; Adaptivity; Change; Diversity; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542530780     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504500409469807     Document Type: Article

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