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  1. Gund Institute of Ecological Economics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405-1708, USA

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Voinov, A., Fitz, C., Boumans, R.M.J., Costanza, R. (2004). Modular Ecosystem Modeling. In: Costanza, R., Voinov, A. (eds) Landscape Simulation Modeling. Modeling Dynamic Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21555-7_3

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