IJEE soapbox: Darwin, malthus, and movement: A hidden assumption in the demographic foundations of evolution

Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 189-198

  Holt, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; NATURAL SELECTION;

EID: 77149127684     PISSN: 15659801     EISSN: 22244662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJEE.55.3.189     Document Type: Article

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