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With or against the river? Tracing changes and relationships between social and ecological systems on the central Vistula floodplain over the last 200 years

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With or against the river? Tracing changes and relationships between social and ecological systems on the central Vistula floodplain over the last 200 years. / Sobechowicz, Łukasz; Obremska, Milena; Brykała, Dariusz et al.
In: Anthropocene Review, Vol. 12, No. 2, 08.2025, p. 302-326.

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Harvard

Sobechowicz, Ł, Obremska, M, Brykała, D, Ćwiek-Rogalska, K, Gąsiorowski, M, Konopski, M, Łotysz, S, Mulczyk, A, Samojlik, T, Siwek, WA, Słowiński, M, Szewczyk, K, Stadnicka, M, Targowski, M, Theuerkauf, M, Wolski, J & Związek, T 2025, 'With or against the river? Tracing changes and relationships between social and ecological systems on the central Vistula floodplain over the last 200 years', Anthropocene Review, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 302-326. https://doi.org/10.1177/20530196251348937

APA

Sobechowicz, Ł., Obremska, M., Brykała, D., Ćwiek-Rogalska, K., Gąsiorowski, M., Konopski, M., Łotysz, S., Mulczyk, A., Samojlik, T., Siwek, W. A., Słowiński, M., Szewczyk, K., Stadnicka, M., Targowski, M., Theuerkauf, M., Wolski, J., & Związek, T. (2025). With or against the river? Tracing changes and relationships between social and ecological systems on the central Vistula floodplain over the last 200 years. Anthropocene Review, 12(2), 302-326. https://doi.org/10.1177/20530196251348937

Vancouver

Sobechowicz Ł, Obremska M, Brykała D, Ćwiek-Rogalska K, Gąsiorowski M, Konopski M et al. With or against the river? Tracing changes and relationships between social and ecological systems on the central Vistula floodplain over the last 200 years. Anthropocene Review. 2025 Aug;12(2):302-326. doi: 10.1177/20530196251348937

Bibtex

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AU - Mulczyk, Anna

AU - Samojlik, Tomasz

AU - Siwek, Wojciech Aleksander

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AU - Szewczyk, Krzysztof

AU - Stadnicka, Maria

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