The Biodiversity-Ecosystem Function Debate in Ecology

Philosophy of Ecology: Volume 11 in Handbook of the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages 169-200

  deLaplante, Kevin ^a   Picasso, Valentin ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-51673-2.50007-8     Document Type: Chapter

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