What is long-term in ecology?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-4

  Rull, Valentí ^a   Vegas Vilarrubia Teresa T ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVOLUTION; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH; TIME;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RESEARCH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650310996     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2010.10.002     Document Type: Letter

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