Can emergy sustainability index be improved? Complementary insights for extending the vision

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 244, Issue , 2012, Pages 158-161

  Giannetti, Biagio F ^a   Almeida, Cecilia M V B ^a   Bonilla, Silvia H ^a  

^a PAULISTA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

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EID: 84865138598     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.02.027     Document Type: Letter

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