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Yellowstone Hotspot

Reflections on Scenic Beauty, Ecology, and the Aesthetic Experience of Landscape

Paul H. Gobster
Landscape Journal, September 2008, 27 (2) 291-308; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.27.2.291
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