Monitoring environmental quality at the landscape scale

BioScience

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 513-520

  O'Neill, Robert V ^a   Hunsaker, Carolyn T ^a   Jones, K Bruce ^b   Riitters, Kurt H ^c   Wickham, James D ^c   Schwartz, Paul M ^d   Goodman, Iris A ^b   Jackson, Barbara L ^e   Baillargeon, William S ^f  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f Department of Health   (United States)

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EID: 0030756738     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313119     Document Type: Article

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