Reductionism, holism, and integrated approaches in biodiversity research

Interdisciplinary Science Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 49-60

  Weber, Marcel ^a   Schmid, Bernhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84975023443     PISSN: 03080188     EISSN: 17432790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/isr.1995.20.1.49     Document Type: Article

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