The frontiers in ecological risk assessment at expanding spatial and temporal scales

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1415-1424

  Landis, Wayne G ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Hierarchical patch dynamic paradigm; Landscape statistics; Risk assessment; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342599624     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030390250912     Document Type: Review

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