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Great Ideas in Ecology for the 1990s

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In a commentary entitled “Science literacy” (Pool 1991), there is a table of “Science’s top 20 greatest hits” as chosen by biologist Robert Hazen and physicist James Trefil. They suggested that these “great ideas” might be the basis for a course in general science, and comments from readers were invited.

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Odum, E.P. (1992). Great Ideas in Ecology for the 1990s. In: Ecosystem Management. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4018-1_25

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