Ecology and Biogeography (some ideas)
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Ecology of ideas and ecology's ideas
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Principles of the Ecology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2304-6465
DOI: 10.15393/j1.art.2013.2621