Homage to Santa Rosalia or Why Are There So Many Kinds of Animals?

1959/05/01 by G. E. Hutchinson, G. Evelyn Hutchinson · 86 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Plant and animal studies

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