The impact of human-environment interactions on the stability of forest-grassland mosaic ecosystems

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Innes, Clinton ^a,b   Anand, Madhur ^a,c   Bauch, Chris T ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREE;

ALGORITHMS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

EID: 84884656555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02689     Document Type: Article

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