Eco evidence database: A distributed modelling resource for systematic literature analysis in environmental science and management

iEMSs 2012 - Managing Resources of a Limited Planet: Proceedings of the 6th Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1135-1142

  Webb, J Angus ^a   De Little, Siobhan C ^a   Miller, Kimberly A ^a   Stewardson, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analysis software; Database; Environmental flows; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894129414     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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