Book Review: Action in Ecosystems: Biothermodynamics for Sustainability. By I. R. Kennedy
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Biotechnologica
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0138-4988,1521-3846
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3846(200205)22:1/2<12::aid-abio12>3.0.co;2-f