3 edition of Analysis of ecological systems found in the catalog.
Analysis of ecological systems
Published
1983
by Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co. in Amsterdam, New York
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Written in English
Edition Notes
Statement | edited by William K. Lauenroth, Gaylord V. Skogerboe, Marshall Flug ; sponsored by the International Society for Ecological Modelling (ISEM) ; hosted by the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University. |
Series | Developments in environmental modelling ;, 5 |
Contributions | Lauenroth, William K., Skogerboe, Gaylord V., Flug, Marshall., International Society for Ecological Modelling., International Conference on State-of-the-Art in Ecological Modelling (3rd : 1982 : Colorado State University) |
Classifications | |
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LC Classifications | QH541.15.S5 A5 1983 |
The Physical Object | |
Pagination | 992 p. : |
Number of Pages | 992 |
ID Numbers | |
Open Library | OL3159875M |
ISBN 10 | 0444421793 |
LC Control Number | 83001564 |
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