The “Balance of Nature”—Evolution of a Panchreston

PLoS Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Simberloff, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALANCE OF NATURE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOSSIL; HUMAN; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MIDDLE AGES; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM FORMS; PANCHRESTON; PARASITISM; PHILOSOPHY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION; RELIGION; SUPERORGANISM; THEORY; ANIMAL; HISTORY; NATURAL SCIENCE;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; NATURE;

EID: 84920390130     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001963     Document Type: Article

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