Assembly theory for restoring ecosystem structure and functioning: Timing is everything?

Foundations of Restoration Ecology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 245-270

  Temperton, Vicky M ^a   Baasch, Annett ^b   von Gillhaussen, Philipp ^c   Kirmer, Anita ^b  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b ANHALT UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c Phenospex B V   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.5822/978-1-61091-698-1_9     Document Type: Chapter

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