A framework for identifying and classifying ecosystem dysfunctions

Environmentalist

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-25

  Birkett, Stephen ^a   Rapport, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0031948914     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006526117006     Document Type: Article

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