Ecology in the real world: How might we progress?

Real World Ecology: Large-Scale and Long-Term Case Studies and Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 293-302

  Grace, James B ^a   Carstenn, Susan ^b   Miao, ShiLi ^c   Sindhoj, Erik ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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EID: 84900208982     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-77942-3_11     Document Type: Chapter

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