Energy Storage and the Balance of Producers and Decomposers in Ecological Systems
1963/04/01 by Jerry S. Olson · 3,814 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Archaeology #Balance (ability) #Biology #Centennial #Citation #Computer science #Decomposer #Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution #Ecology #Ecosystem #Energy (signal processing) #History #Library science #Mathematics #Scientific Research and Discoveries #Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
paper · doi:10.2307/1932179
published in Ecology 44(2), 322-331 (Wiley)
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