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CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF LAND USE CHANGE IN THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT: THE SCOPE OF UNCERTAINTY

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SCALING AND UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS IN ECOLOGY

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Urban, D.L., McDonald, R.I., Minor, E.S., Treml, E.A. (2006). CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF LAND USE CHANGE IN THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT: THE SCOPE OF UNCERTAINTY. In: WU, J., JONES, K.B., LI, H., LOUCKS, O.L. (eds) SCALING AND UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS IN ECOLOGY. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4663-4_13

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