An introduction to complexity science

Managing Forests as Complex Adaptive Systems: Building Resilience to the Challenge of Global Change

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 17-32

  Parrott, Lael ^a   Lange, Holger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203122808     Document Type: Chapter

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