Novel ecosystems resulting from landscape transformation create dilemmas for modern conservation practice
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Novel ecosystems resulting from landscape transformation create dilemmas for modern conservation practice
Introduction: Novel ecosystems occur when new combinations of species appear within a particular biome due to human activity, environmental change, or impacts of introduced species. Background: Managing the trajectory of ecosystems toward desired outcomes requires an understanding of the means by which they developed. To facilitate this understanding, we present evidence for the development of ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Conservation Letters
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1755-263X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263x.2008.00021.x