The role of paleoecology in whole-ecosystem science

Real World Ecology: Large-Scale and Long-Term Case Studies and Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 161-208

  McGowan, Suzanne ^a   Leavitt, Peter R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-77942-3_7     Document Type: Chapter

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