Making the biodiversity crisis tractable: A process perspective

Philosophy and Biodiversity

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 54-82

  Haila, Yrjö ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511498527.003     Document Type: Chapter

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