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Article: Encyclopedia of the Biosphere: Humans in the World's Ecosystems.
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- December 22, 2001
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Encyclopedia of the Biosphere
Humans in the World's Ecosystems
Ramon Folch, project director
2000; 11 volumes
$1,000
Gale Group, 27500 Drake Road, Farmington Hills,
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