The multidisciplinary influence of common sustainability indices

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 419-426

  Mayer, Audrey L ^a   Thurston, Hale W ^a   Pawlowski, Christopher W ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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EID: 33749616961     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2004)002[0419:TMIOCS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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