Introduction

Long Term Socio-Ecological Research: Studies in Society-Nature Interactions Across Spatial and Temporal Scales

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-26

  Singh, Simron Jit ^a   Haberl, Helmut ^a   Chertow, Marian ^b   Mirtl, Michael ^c   Schmid, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1177-8_1     Document Type: Chapter

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