From Darwin's Origin of Species toward a theory of natural history

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Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Boero, Ferdinando ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LIFE CYCLE; NATURAL SELECTION; PARASITISM; PREDATION; SCIENTIST; SPECIES; SYMBIOSIS; THEORY; TROPHIC CASCADE;

EID: 84929472720     PISSN: 20517599     EISSN: 20517599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12703/P7-49     Document Type: Article

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