Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and human wellbeing: an ecological and economic perspective

✍ Scribed by Shahid Naeem, Daniel E. Bunker, Andy Hector

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Leaves: 387
Category: Library

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