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A dragonfly flits over the sun-mirrored surface of a pond, snapping at hatching mosquitoes before coming to rest on an overhanging rush. This is an ecosystem: animals, plants, and their physical environment linked together in the exchange of
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Beck, T. (2013). Complex Creations: Designing and Managing Ecosystems. In: Principles of Ecological Landscape Design. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-199-3_4
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