Biodiversity in agroecosystems and bioindicators of environmental health

Structure and Function in Agroecosystem Design and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 11-44

  Paoletti, Maurizio G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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