Biodiversity conservation for a climate-altered future

Successful Adaptation to Climate Change: Linking Science and Policy in a Rapidly Changing World

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 50-66

  Stein, Bruce A ^a   Shaw, M Rebecca ^a  

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EID: 84897902790     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203593882     Document Type: Chapter

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