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Two fundamental questions facing all ecosystem mappers are the following: (1) What factors are of particular importance in the recognition of ecosystems? (2) How are the boundaries of the different sizes of systems to be determined?
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Bailey, R.G. (2009). The Question of Boundary Criteria. In: Ecosystem Geography. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-89516-1_3
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