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6 - Concepts for Integrated Research in Historical Ecology

from Part II - Approaches: Concepts and Methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2017

Carole L. Crumley
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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Tommy Lennartsson
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Swedish Biodiversity Centre, Uppsala
Anna Westin
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Swedish Biodiversity Centre, Uppsala
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Issues and Concepts in Historical Ecology
The Past and Future of Landscapes and Regions
, pp. 145 - 181
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Print publication year: 2017

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