Much of today's scientific advancement comes from the merging of two or more traditional sciences into something new that takes from both of its parents to yield new insights into how the world around us works. Such is the case with Evolutionary Ecology. Ecology is traditionally a science of the gre
Discovering Evolutionary Ecology: Bringing Together Ecology and Evolution
โ Scribed by Peter J. Mayhew
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 220
- Series
- Oxford Biology
- Category
- Library
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