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Conceptual and Theoretical Basis of Landscape Ecology as a Human Ecosystem Science

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Having traced the development of landscape ecology as a scientific discipline in Central Europe, we shall now attempt to outline its conceptual and epistemological framework. In our view, this is derived from the following closely connected scientific theories.

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