Biological diversity, ecological stability, and downward causation

Philosophy and Biodiversity

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 119-130

  Mikkelson, Gregory M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511498527.006     Document Type: Chapter

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