Published 2016
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Written in English
Edition Notes
| Statement | Ute Scheub, Haiko Pieplow, Hans-Peter Schmidt, & Kathleen Draper ; foreword by Tim Flannery |
| Contributions | Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956- writer of foreword, Pieplow, Haiko, author, Schmidt, Hans-Peter (Ecologist), author, Draper, Kathleen, author |
| Classifications | |
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| LC Classifications | S663.S413 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | xix, 211 pages |
| Number of Pages | 211 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL27207266M |
| ISBN 10 | 177164110X |
| ISBN 10 | 9781771641104 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 946215307 |
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