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Ecosystem Organization and Human Ecology

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Concepts of Applied Ecology

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Each of us perceives our relationship with nature from our own private vantage point, constructed both consciously and subconsciously as we live. Our perception, therefore, is not only quite personal but very often changeable as our experience expands or narrows our lives.

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De Santo, R.S. (1978). Ecosystem Organization and Human Ecology. In: Concepts of Applied Ecology. Heidelberg Science Library. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9432-7_2

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