Towards a conceptual synthesis in ecotoxicology

Oikos

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 96-106

  Genoni, Giulio P ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

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CONCEPTUAL SYNTHESIS; ECOTOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0030880393     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546520     Document Type: Article

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