Redefining ecological engineering to promote its integration with sustainable development and tighten its links with the whole of ecology

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-205

  Gosselin, Frédéric ^a  

^a Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

Ecological engineering; Ecological hierarchy; Ecology; Experimentation; Expertise; Monitoring; Sustainable development; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149110266     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2007.11.007     Document Type: Editorial

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