Nature's Infinite Variety: Conservation Choice and Management for Dynamic Ecological Systems

Managing and Designing Landscapes for Conservation: Moving from Perspectives to Principles

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 99-110

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Author keywords

Chemical characteristics; Conservation management system; Ecological systems; Natural landscapes; Perturbations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889369168     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470692400.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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