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Integrating knowledges for climate change: pyramids, nets and uncertainties.

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Integrating knowledges for climate change: pyramids, nets and uncertainties. / Shackley, S.; Wynne, B. E.
In: Global Environmental Change, Vol. 5, No. 2, 05.1995, p. 113-126.

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Shackley S, Wynne BE. Integrating knowledges for climate change: pyramids, nets and uncertainties. Global Environmental Change. 1995 May;5(2):113-126. doi: 10.1016/0959-3780(95)00017-I

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Shackley, S. ; Wynne, B. E. / Integrating knowledges for climate change: pyramids, nets and uncertainties. In: Global Environmental Change. 1995 ; Vol. 5, No. 2. pp. 113-126.

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