Edges: Where Landscape Elements Meet

Managing and Designing Landscapes for Conservation: Moving from Perspectives to Principles

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 179-194

  Luck, Gary W ^a  

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Author keywords

Ecosystem function; Landmass; Revegetation; Spatial patterns; Structural change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889363817     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470692400.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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