Theoretical and empirical perspectives in ecology and evolution: A survey

BioScience

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 907-916

  Haller, Benjamin C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data; Experiments; Methodology; Modeling; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937389146     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biu131     Document Type: Review

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