Towards a conceptual framework for restoration ecology

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-110

  Hobbs, Richard J ^a   Norton, David A ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

EID: 0030424867     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.1996.tb00112.x     Document Type: Review

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