Multiple Stable States in Natural Ecosystems

Multiple Stable States in Natural Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-200

  Petraitis, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Environmental management; Multiple stable states; Natural ecosystems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885211237     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199569342.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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