Remarkable properties of human ecosystems

Ecology and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Stepp, John Richard ^a   Jones, Eric C ^b   Pavao Zuckerman, Mitchell ^b   Casagrande, David ^c   Zarger, Rebecca K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological anthropology; Human ecosystems; Information ecology; Remarkable properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879936308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00577-070311     Document Type: Article

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