How resilient are ecosystems to global environmental change?

Sustainability Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-154

  Folke, Carl ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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EID: 77954177306     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-010-0109-x     Document Type: Article

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