The Retreat of the Elephants: An Environmental History of China

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  International Journal of Environmental Studies

• Publication date

  2009-06-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science, History

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  DOI 10.1080/00207230902995954
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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