The multifaceted aspects of ecosystem integrity

Ecology and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  De Leo, Giulio A ^a   Levin, Simon ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Biodiversity; Complexity and stability; Conservation strategies; Disturbance, anthropogenic; Disturbance, natural; Ecosystem functioning; Ecosystem integrity; Ecosytem structure; Natural resource management; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003038758     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00022-010103     Document Type: Article

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