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Some useful books in our collection
Biosequestration and Ecological Diversity by Wayne A. White
Call Number: SD387.C37 W49 2013ISBN: 9781439853634Publication Date: 2012-10-18Eco-architecture by Roman Espejo (Editor)
Call Number: NA2542.36 .E264 2012ISBN: 9780737763201Publication Date: 2013Environmental Capital by Cameron Dewhurst (Editor); Firat Katirci (Editor)
Call Number: QH76 .E576ISBN: 9781622575947Publication Date: 2013-01-01New England Wildlife: Habitat, Distribution, and Natural History by Richard M. DeGraaf; Mariko Yamasaki
Call Number: QL157.N48 D4ISBN: 0874519578Publication Date: 2000-11-01Tidal Wetlands Primer by Ralph W. Tiner
Call Number: Ebook QH87.3 .T57 2013ISBN: 9781613762745Publication Date: 2013Urban Allotment Gardens in Europe by Simon Bell; Runrid Fox-Kaemper; Mary Benson; Silvio Caputo; Nazila Keshavarz; Susan Noori; Annette Voigt; Editors
Call Number: UM Science / SB457.3 .U73 2016ISBN: 9781138921092Publication Date: 2016Wildlife of the Mid-Atlantic by John H. Rappole
Call Number: QL157.M52 R37ISBN: 0812239822Publication Date: 2007-08-27
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