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Banded Landscapes: Ecological Developments and Management Consequences

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Banded Vegetation Patterning in Arid and Semiarid Environments

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 149))

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Most of the studies on banded landscapes have been carried out by groups totally isolated from each other, divided by language, culture, and differing objectives. This book has been structured into distinct themes ranging from the global distribution of these landscapes to their management strategies to synthesize this dispersed knowledge and facilitate the cross-linking of concepts and information. One of the aims of this volume was to integrate the scattered knowledge on banded landscape function to the level of ecological principles to be applied to more complex situations.

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  3. Laboratoire d’étude du Comportement des Sols Cultivés (LCSC), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), 911 avenue Agropolis, BP 5045, F-34 032, Montpellier cedex 1, France

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Valentin, C., Tongway, D.J., Seghieri, J. (2001). Banded Landscapes: Ecological Developments and Management Consequences. In: Tongway, D.J., Valentin, C., Seghieri, J. (eds) Banded Vegetation Patterning in Arid and Semiarid Environments. Ecological Studies, vol 149. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0207-0_12

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