Introduction to Systems Ecology

Introduction to Systems Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 1-299

  Jørgensen, Sven Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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DOI: 10.1201/b11877     Document Type: Book

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