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The Struggle for Existence
Abstract
For three-quarters of a century past more has been written about natural selection and the struggle for existence that underlies the selective process, than perhaps about any other single idea in the whole realm of Biology. We have seen natural selection laid on its Sterbebett, and subsequently revived again in the most recent times to a remarkable degree of vigor. There can be no doubt that the old idea has great survival value.
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Metadata
- Authors
- GAUSE, G. F.
- Venue
- Soil Science
- Published
- 1936-02
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 159
- ISSN
- 0038-075X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3143493145
- Cited by
- 327
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 2.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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