High-risk ecosystems as foci for considering biodiversity and ecological integrity in ecological risk assessments

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 321-332

  Noss, Reed F ^a  

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Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecological integrity; Ecological risk assessment; Ecological risk management; Ecoregions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000532205     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1462-9011(00)00112-X     Document Type: Review

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