The need for pluralism in landscape models: a reply to Dunn and Majer

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The need for pluralism in landscape models: a reply to Dunn and Majer. / Lindenmayer, D. B.; Fischer, Jörn; Hobbs, Richard.
in: Oikos, Jahrgang 116, Nr. 8, 01.08.2007, S. 1419-1421.

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Lindenmayer DB, Fischer J, Hobbs R. The need for pluralism in landscape models: a reply to Dunn and Majer. Oikos. 2007 Aug 1;116(8):1419-1421. doi: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.16133.x

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