Warfare ecology

BioScience

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 729-736

  Machlis, Gary E ^a   Hanson, Thor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Conflicts; Ecology; Ecosystems; Policy; Warfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 51549121437     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/B580809     Document Type: Review

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