Perspective: Ecological Novelty is not New

Novel Ecosystems: Intervening in the New Ecological World Order

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 63-65

  Jackson, Stephen T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Ecological novelty; Novel ecosystems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886109503     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118354186.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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