Ecology through time, an overview

Rivista di Biologia - Biology Forum

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 395-424

  Santangelo, Giovanni ^a   Bramanti, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communities; Complexity; Conservation; Ecology; Interactions; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847300083     PISSN: 22822593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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