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Science 1 April 2005:
Vol. 308. no. 5718, pp. 41 - 43
DOI: 10.1126/science.308.5718.41
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ECOLOGY:
Taking the Pulse of Earth's Life-Support Systems

Erik Stokstad

A massive effort to document the state of ecosystems--and their ability to provide food, comfort, and other services--lays out some grand challenges, but no easy answers.

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