In Praise of Mechanistically Rich Models

Models in Ecosystem Science

Volumn , Issue , 2021, Pages 63-82

  Deangelis, Donald L ^a   Mooij, Wolf M ^b  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

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