The Status of the Science Examining EcotonesA dynamic aspect of landscape is the area of steep gradients between more homogeneous vegetation associations

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  1995

• Venue

  BioScience

• Publication date

  1995-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.2307/1312492
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