Can ecosystems be healthy? Critical consideration of concepts

JOURNAL OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM HEALTH

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 1-5

  Calow, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

analogy; control; fitness; optimization; teleology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249835800     PISSN: 09251014     EISSN: 15735141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00044403     Document Type: Article

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