Vacant habitats in the Universe

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 73-80

  Cockell, Charles S ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; EARTH STRUCTURE; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LITERATURE REVIEW; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; SHORT SURVEY;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; EXOBIOLOGY; MINOR PLANETS; PLANETS;

EID: 78651515278     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2010.11.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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