The time dimension in landscape ecology: Cultural soils and spatial pattern in early landscapes

Issues and Perspectives in Landscape Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 152-158

  Davidson, Donald A ^a   Simpson, Ian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84859987673     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511614415.016     Document Type: Chapter

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