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What is “natural”? : Yellowstone elk population—A case study 什么是“自然”?黄石麋鹿种群——一个案例研究

Integrative Biology: Issues, News, and Reviews Pub Date : 1999-01-07 DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6602(1998)1:4<133::AID-INBI3>3.0.CO;2-U

Richard B. Keigley, Frederic H. Wagner

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引用次数: 9

What was the natural condition of North America's first national park? 北美第一个国家公园的自然条件是什么?

Integrative Biology: Issues, News, and Reviews Pub Date : 1999-01-07 DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6602(1998)1:4<113::AID-INBI1>3.0.CO;2-5

Peter Kareiva

引用次数: 0

Snakes, the evolution of mystery in nature 蛇，自然界进化的奥秘

Integrative Biology: Issues, News, and Reviews Pub Date : 1999-01-07 DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6602(1998)1:2<76::AID-INBI7>3.0.CO;2-H

Stevan J. Arnold

引用次数: 432

What gene action does not explain about development? 什么基因作用不能解释发育?

Integrative Biology: Issues, News, and Reviews Pub Date : 1999-01-07 DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6602(1998)1:2<43::AID-INBI1>3.0.CO;2-A

Peter Kareiva

引用次数: 2

Dancing bees and the language controversy 跳舞的蜜蜂和语言争议

Integrative Biology: Issues, News, and Reviews Pub Date : 1999-01-07 DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6602(1998)1:5<187::AID-INBI4>3.0.CO;2-7

L. Michael Polakoff

引用次数: 4

Innovative National Graduate Student Seminar analyzes habitat conservation plans 创新国家研究生研讨会分析栖息地保护计划

Integrative Biology: Issues, News, and Reviews Pub Date : 1999-01-07 DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6602(1998)1:2<45::AID-INBI2>3.0.CO;2-5

Lisa Savage

引用次数: 5