Novel Ecosystems and Climate Change

Novel Ecosystems: Intervening in the New Ecological World Order

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 88-101

  Starzomski, Brian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Managed relocation; Novel ecosystems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886103890     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118354186.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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