Ecological processes handbook

Ecological Processes Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-392

  Palmeri, Luca ^b   Barausse, Alberto ^b   Jørgensen, Sven Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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DOI: 10.1201/b15380     Document Type: Book

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