A Framework for a Theory of Ecological Boundaries
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- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 53 (8) , 750-758
- https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0750:affato]2.0.co;2
Abstract
Boundaries are ubiquitous across a wide range of ecological systems and spatial scales. However, most research on boundaries has been scale and systeKeywords
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