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A Review of Ecological Research in Middle America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2022

Charles F. Bennett
Charles F. Bennett*
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University of California, Los Angeles
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When I first undertook the task of compiling information on ecological research in Middle America it seemed best to concentrate on one facet of this many-faceted science. After some time and reflection, however, I concluded that a greater service would be performed for the reader by an overview of most of the subject area encompassed by ecology. I have attempted to present this overview in the pages that follow.

The reader is warned that depth has been sacrificed for breadth and that no attempt to review all the literature has been made. To do so would require far more space than is available. Therefore it is certain that some readers will find missing what they may consider to be a specially important or interesting paper. To them I offer apology.

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Topical Review
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Latin American Research Review , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , Summer 1967 , pp. 3 - 27
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Copyright © 1967 by the University of Texas Press

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