Threats from air pollution and climate change to upland systems: Past, present and future

Drivers of Environmental Change in Uplands

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 34-58

  Caporn, Simon J M ^a   Emmett, Bridget A ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84909342639     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203886724     Document Type: Chapter

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