Karst environments: Problems, management, human impacts, and sustainability an introduction to the special issue

Journal of Cave and Karst Studies

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-136

  Brinkmann, Robert ^a   Parise, Mario ^b  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

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EID: 84872942833     PISSN: 10906924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4311/2011JCKS0253     Document Type: Editorial

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