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Landscape Restoration in Response to Previous Disturbance

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Landscape Heterogeneity and Disturbance

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 64))

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The preceding chapters have treated the landscape as an object that is acted upon by a disturbance. It is of equal interest to consider how landscape heterogeneity can be managed so that the consequences of some disturbances can be corrected.

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Morrison, D. (1987). Landscape Restoration in Response to Previous Disturbance. In: Turner, M.G. (eds) Landscape Heterogeneity and Disturbance. Ecological Studies, vol 64. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4742-5_9

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