Perspective: Is Everything a Novel Ecosystem? If so, do we need the Concept?

Novel Ecosystems: Intervening in the New Ecological World Order

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 345-349

  Marris, Emma ^a   Mascaro, Joseph ^b   Ellis, Erle C ^c  

^a Carnegie Institution for Science ^*

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Novel ecosystem concept

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EID: 84886181674     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118354186.ch41     Document Type: Chapter

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