Kuhnian paradigms lost: Embracing the pluralism of ecological theory

Ecological Paradigms Lost

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 419-427

  Beisner, Beatrix E ^a   Cuddington, Kim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088459-9/50020-0     Document Type: Chapter

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