Ecohydrology of arid and semiarid ecosystems: An introduction

Dryland Ecohydrology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-10

  D'Odorico, Paolo ^a   Porporato, Amilcare ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

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EID: 73649133709     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4260-4_1     Document Type: Chapter

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