Integrating Humans into Ecology: Opportunities and Challenges for Studying Urban Ecosystems

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عنوان ژورنال: BioScience

سال: 2003

ISSN: 0006-3568

DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[1169:ihieoa]2.0.co;2