Eco-semiotics: A new field of competence for ecology to overcome the frontier between environmental complexity and human culture in the mediterranean

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 167-175

  Farina, Almo ^a   Santolini, Riccardo ^a   Pagliaro, Giacomo ^a   Scozzafava, Silvia ^a   Schipani, Ileana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eco complexity; Eco semiotics; Full and empty world; Mediterranean region

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33744949503     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: 22238980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/5UTK-YW53-KDQT-YU48     Document Type: Article

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