A Hierarchical Concept of Ecosystems. (MPB-23), Volume 23 / / Timothy F.H. Allen, Robert V. O'Neill, Donald Lee Deangelis, J. B. Waide.
"Ecosystem" is an intuitively appealing concept to most ecologists, but, in spite of its widespread use, the term remains diffuse and ambiguous. The authors of this book argue that previous attempts to define the concept have been derived from particular viewpoints to the exclusion of othe...
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