Scientific challenges for anthropogenic research in the 21st century: Problems of scale

Earth System Science in the Anthropocene

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 249-262

  Leemans, Rik ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 39749175330     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26590-2_18     Document Type: Chapter

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