Managing invasive ecosystem engineers: The case of Spartina in Pacific estuaries

Theoretical Ecology Series

Volumn 4, Issue C, 2007, Pages 299-322

  Lambrinos, John G ^a  

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EID: 77957243309     PISSN: 1875306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-306X(07)80018-9     Document Type: Chapter

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