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How to define ecology on the basis of its current understanding?

By: Peter Urban,  Peter Sabo and  Jan Plesník  
Open Access
|Mar 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foecol-2021-0001 | Journal eISSN: 1338-7014 | Journal ISSN: 1336-5266
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 8
Submitted on: Jun 10, 2020
Accepted on: Nov 18, 2020
Published on: Mar 1, 2021
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