Exploring the difficulties of studying futures in ecology: What do ecological scientists think?

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1364-1376

  Coreau, Audrey ^a   Treyer, Sébastien ^b   Cheptou, Pierre Olivier ^a   Thompson, John D ^a   Mermet, Laurent ^b  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FUTURE PROSPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955144024     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18195.x     Document Type: Article

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