Biodiversity and saving the earth

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 49, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 169-175

  Rapport, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem health; Stress; Stress ecology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; STRESS ECOLOGY;

EARTH SCIENCES; ECOSYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EOCSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

BIODIVERSITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032008164     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005865718918     Document Type: Conference Paper

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