Why is the holistic approach becoming so important in landscape ecology?

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 50, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 27-41

  Li, Bai Lian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergent properties; Holistic approach; Landscape ecology; Nonequilibrium thermodynamics; Self organized systems; Synergetics

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HOLISTIC APPROACH; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY;

EID: 0034662804     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(00)00078-5     Document Type: Article

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