Restoration ecology and the ecosystem perspective

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 307-317

  Ehrenfeld, Joan G ^a   Toth, Louis A ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

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EID: 0000360977     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.1997.00544.x     Document Type: Review

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