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Integration of Ecological and Thermodynamic Concepts in the Design of Sustainable Energy Landscapes

Sven Stremke and Jusuck Koh
Landscape Journal, September 2011, 30 (2) 194-213; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.30.2.194
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