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The Natural Systems: Potential Production and Forest Management

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Rural Planning from an Environmental Systems Perspective

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Life of plants and animals is based on a constant flux of energy. This input of energy is used in me-tabolism, growth, and reproduction. From this perspective, individuals can be regarded as complex metabolic machines that process energy and materials. Green plants, which account for more than 99 percent of the total biomass present in the planet, fix a fraction of the electromagnetic solar radiation. This energy is stored in organic compounds of very high energy which, in turn, are the basis of the networks that maintain life on earth.

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  1. Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA

    Frank B. Golley

  2. Department of Ecology, Universidad de Alicante Facultad de Ciencias, Apartado 99, Alicante, 03080, Spain

    Juan Bellot

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Gracia, C.A. (1999). The Natural Systems: Potential Production and Forest Management. In: Golley, F.B., Bellot, J. (eds) Rural Planning from an Environmental Systems Perspective. Springer Series on Environmental Management. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1448-9_8

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