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Human activities influence all of Earth’s ecosystems. This chapter summarizes the principles by which important ecological properties can be sustained to meet the needs of ecosystems and society.

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  3. Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

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Chapin, F.S., Matson, P.A., Vitousek, P.M. (2011). Managing and Sustaining Ecosystems. In: Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9504-9_15

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