Multidisciplinary research for natural resource management: Conceptual and practical implications

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 259-279

  Janssen, Willem ^a   Goldsworthy, Peter ^a  

^a ISNAR   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0030187542     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0308-521X(95)00046-8     Document Type: Article

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