Analogical thinking in ecology: Looking beyond disciplinary boundaries

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-182

  Mark, Colyvan ^a   Ginzburg, Lev R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometries; Analogy; Maternal effect; Philosophy of ecology; Population ecology; Ratio dependence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; LOGIC; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICS; PHYSIOLOGY; THINKING;

ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; LOGIC; PHYSICS; THINKING;

EID: 77952809637     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652321     Document Type: Article

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