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005			20200519130603.0
008			141029s2015 dcua b 001 0 eng d
020			_a9781597269933
082	0	4	_a333.9516CHA _223
100	1		_aCurtin, Charles G., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe science of open spaces : _btheory and practice for conserving large, complex systems / _cCharles G. Curtin.
300			_axiii, 255 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 233-242) and index.
505	0		_aPreface -- Integrating Conservation and Complexity through the Perspective of Place -- Experiments in Post-normal Science in Southwestern Rangelands -- Experiments in the Governance of Maine's Coastal Fisheries -- The Conceptual Underpinnings of Open Spaces -- Resilience and the Social-Ecological Synthesis -- Practical Aspects of Sustaining Open Spaces.
650		0	_aOpen spaces _xConservation.
650		0	_aBiosphere reserves _xManagement.
650		0	_aLandscape ecology.
650		0	_aBiodiversity conservation.
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