Ecosystems in a heterogeneous world

Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 191-213

  Pickett, Steward T A ^a   Cadenasso, Mary L ^b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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