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Biosphere 2 — A New Approach to Experimental Ecology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Mark Nelson and
William F. Dempster
Mark Nelson
Affiliation:
Space Biospheres Ventures ©, PO Box 689, Oracle, Arizona 85623, USA.
William F. Dempster
Affiliation:
Space Biospheres Ventures ©, PO Box 689, Oracle, Arizona 85623, USA.
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Environmental Conservation , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , Spring 1993, pp. 74 - 75
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1993

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