Principles of ecosystem sustainability

American Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1016-1037

  Chapin III, F Stuart ^a   Torn, Margaret S ^b   Tateno, Masaki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; RESTORATION;

EID: 0030303277     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285969     Document Type: Article

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