From Balance of Nature to Hierarchical Patch Dynamics: A Paradigm Shift in Ecology

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• Publication year

  1995

• Venue

  The Quarterly review of biology

• Publication date

  1995-12-01

• Fields of study

  Economics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1086/419172
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