Nonlinear physics of ecosystems

Nonlinear Physics of Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-331

  Meron, Ehud ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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DOI: 10.1201/b18360     Document Type: Book

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