Placing exurban land-use change in a human modification framework

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 139-144

  Theobald, David M ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 3242682283     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2004)002[0139:PELCIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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