How can landscape ecology contribute to sustainability science?

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Opdam, Paul ^a   Luque, Sandra ^b   Nassauer, Joan ^c   Verburg, Peter H ^d,e   Wu, Jianguo ^f,g  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UMR TETIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^e SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 85041181880     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-018-0610-7     Document Type: Editorial

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