Organisms as Ecosystem Engineers

1994/04/01 by Clive G. Jones, John H. Lawton, Moshe Shachak · 48 citations
Social Sciences · Environmental Science · #Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems #Ecosystem dynamics and resilience #Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis

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