2 edition of Ecological impacts of climate change found in the catalog.
Ecological impacts of climate change
Published
2008
by National Academies Press in Washington, D.C
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Written in
Edition Notes
| Statement | Committee on Ecological impacts of Climate Change, Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies. |
| Contributions | National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Ecological impacts of Climate Change. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | QC981.8.C5 E2118 2008 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | xii, 57 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 57 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL23678532M |
| ISBN 10 | 0309127106 |
| ISBN 10 | 9780309127103 |
| LC Control Number | 2009278760 |
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