Damming the river: a changing perspective on altering nature
β Scribed by R. Sternberg
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 942 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1364-0321
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