Ecology and palaeoecology: Two approaches, one objective

Open Ecology Journal

Volumn 3, Issue SPEC.ISS.1, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Rull, Valentí ^a  

^a INSTITUT BOTÀNIC DE BARCELONA IBB CSIC ICUB   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological theory; Evolution; Long term ecology; Neoecology; Palaeoecology; Succession; Uniformitarianism

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650308405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18742130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874213001003020001     Document Type: Article

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