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- 17
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- 4
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- 327-339
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Matthew Luck,
Jianguo Wu
(2002).
A gradient analysis of urban landscape pattern: a case study from the Phoenix metropolitan region, Arizona, USA.
Landscape Ecology
, 17
(4)
, 327-339.
https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1020512723753
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- 10.1023/a:1020512723753