Ecology before ecology: biogeography and ecology in Lyell's 'Principles'
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biogeography
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0305-0270,1365-2699
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00754.x